#E55859#E55859

#E55859 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.176 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55859
RGB	rgb(229, 88, 89)
HSL	hsl(360, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(360, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, 54.79, 28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 61.79, 27.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% 0.1618 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.176 23)
XYZ	xyz(37.6096, 24.3637, 12.1715)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55859 #58E5E4

analogous

#E558A0 #E55859 #E59D58

triadic

#E55859 #59E558 #5859E5

tetradic

#E55859 #A0E558 #58E5E4 #9D58E5

square

#E55859 #A0E558 #58E5E4 #9D58E5

split-complementary

#E55859 #58E59D #58A0E5

monochromatic

#A81A1B #DD2324 #E55859 #ED8D8E #F5C2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#E55859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#E55859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55859

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55859	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)

#7C7558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3B5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 88, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.176 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48d88',
    500: '#e55859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55859;
$custom-light: #f48d88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.574,
    "s": 73.057,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64566,
    "c": 0.17579,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.24359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55859

secondary

#B3E6E6

accent

#D5D410

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55859

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

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