#E55857#E55857

#E55857 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.176 H 23.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55857
RGB	rgb(229, 88, 87)
HSL	hsl(0, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, 54.66, 29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 62.20, 28.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% 0.1611 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.176 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5267, 24.3306, 11.7352)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55857 #57E4E5

analogous

#E5579D #E55857 #E59F57

triadic

#E55857 #57E558 #5857E5

tetradic

#E55857 #9DE557 #57E4E5 #9F57E5

square

#E55857 #9DE557 #57E4E5 #9F57E5

split-complementary

#E55857 #57E59F #579DE5

monochromatic

#A81B1A #DD2322 #E55857 #ED8D8C #F5C1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#E55857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#E55857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55857

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55857	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 88, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.176 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48d86',
    500: '#e55857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55857;
$custom-light: #f48d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.423,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6453,
    "c": 0.17602,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55857

secondary

#B2E6E6

accent

#D4D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55857

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

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