#E55853#E55853

#E55853 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.177 H 25.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55853
RGB	rgb(229, 88, 83)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, 54.42, 31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 63.07, 30.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% 0.1596 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.177 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3678, 24.2670, 10.8982)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55853 #53E0E5

analogous

#E55397 #E55853 #E5A153

triadic

#E55853 #53E558 #5853E5

tetradic

#E55853 #97E553 #53E0E5 #A153E5

square

#E55853 #97E553 #53E0E5 #A153E5

split-complementary

#E55853 #53E5A1 #5397E5

monochromatic

#A51E19 #DA2721 #E55853 #ED8C88 #F5BFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E55853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#E55853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55853

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55853	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 88, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.177 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48d83',
    500: '#e55853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55853;
$custom-light: #f48d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.055,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64462,
    "c": 0.17655,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55853

secondary

#AEE3E5

accent

#CFD610

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55853

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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