#E55956#E55956

#E55956 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.175 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55956
RGB	rgb(229, 89, 86)
HSL	hsl(1, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, 54.16, 30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 62.13, 29.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.1593 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.175 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5688, 24.4797, 11.5490)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55956 #56E2E5

analogous

#E5569B #E55956 #E5A156

triadic

#E55956 #56E559 #5956E5

tetradic

#E55956 #9BE556 #56E2E5 #A156E5

square

#E55956 #9BE556 #56E2E5 #A156E5

split-complementary

#E55956 #56E5A1 #569BE5

monochromatic

#A71D1A #DC2622 #E55956 #ED8D8B #F5C1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#E55956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#E55956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55956

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55956	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 89, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.175 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48e85',
    500: '#e55956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55956;
$custom-light: #f48e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.259,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64636,
    "c": 0.17509,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55956

secondary

#B1E5E6

accent

#D1D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55956

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

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