#E55950#E55950

#E55950 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.176 H 26.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55950
RGB	rgb(229, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(4, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, 53.80, 33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 63.51, 32.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% 0.1571 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.176 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3371, 24.3870, 10.3289)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55950 #50DCE5

analogous

#E55091 #E55950 #E5A350

triadic

#E55950 #50E559 #5950E5

tetradic

#E55950 #91E550 #50DCE5 #A350E5

square

#E55950 #91E550 #50DCE5 #A350E5

split-complementary

#E55950 #50E5A3 #5091E5

monochromatic

#A22018 #D82B20 #E55950 #ED8C85 #F5BEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#E55950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#E55950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55950

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55950	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E744E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.176 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48d81',
    500: '#e55950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55950;
$custom-light: #f48d81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.624,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64538,
    "c": 0.17599,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55950

secondary

#ACE1E5

accent

#CAD60F

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55950

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

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