#E55856#E55856

#E55856 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.176 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55856
RGB	rgb(229, 88, 86)
HSL	hsl(1, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, 54.60, 30.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 62.41, 28.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% 0.1607 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.176 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4861, 24.3144, 11.5215)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55856 #56E3E5

analogous

#E5569C #E55856 #E5A056

triadic

#E55856 #56E558 #5856E5

tetradic

#E55856 #9CE556 #56E3E5 #A056E5

square

#E55856 #9CE556 #56E3E5 #A056E5

split-complementary

#E55856 #56E5A0 #569CE5

monochromatic

#A71C1A #DC2422 #E55856 #ED8C8B #F5C1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#E55856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#E55856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55856

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55856	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 88, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.176 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48d85',
    500: '#e55856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55856;
$custom-light: #f48d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.839,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64513,
    "c": 0.17615,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55856

secondary

#B1E5E6

accent

#D3D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55856

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

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