#E55954#E55954

#E55954 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.175 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55954
RGB	rgb(229, 89, 84)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 63.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, 54.04, 31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 62.57, 30.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% 0.1586 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.175 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4893, 24.4479, 11.1306)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55954 #54E0E5

analogous

#E55498 #E55954 #E5A254

triadic

#E55954 #54E559 #5954E5

tetradic

#E55954 #98E554 #54E0E5 #A254E5

square

#E55954 #98E554 #54E0E5 #A254E5

split-complementary

#E55954 #54E5A2 #5498E5

monochromatic

#A51E19 #DB2821 #E55954 #ED8D89 #F5C0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#E55954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#E55954 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55954

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55954	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 89, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.175 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48e84',
    500: '#e55954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55954;
$custom-light: #f48e84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.069,
    "s": 73.604,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64602,
    "c": 0.17536,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55954

secondary

#AFE4E6

accent

#CFD610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55954

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

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