#E55951#E55951

#E55951 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.176 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55951
RGB	rgb(229, 89, 81)
HSL	hsl(3, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 53.86, 33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 63.27, 31.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.1574 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.176 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3743, 24.4019, 10.5250)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55951 #51DDE5

analogous

#E55193 #E55951 #E5A351

triadic

#E55951 #51E559 #5951E5

tetradic

#E55951 #93E551 #51DDE5 #A351E5

square

#E55951 #93E551 #51DDE5 #A351E5

split-complementary

#E55951 #51E5A3 #5193E5

monochromatic

#A32018 #D82A20 #E55951 #ED8C86 #F5BFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#E55951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#E55951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55951

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55951	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)

#7E754F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 89, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.176 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48d82',
    500: '#e55951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55951;
$custom-light: #f48d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.243,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64553,
    "c": 0.17583,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55951

secondary

#ADE2E5

accent

#CBD60F

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55951

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

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