#E55957#E55957

#E55957 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.175 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55957
RGB	rgb(229, 89, 87)
HSL	hsl(1, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, 54.23, 29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 61.92, 28.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% 0.1597 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.175 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6094, 24.4959, 11.7627)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55957 #57E3E5

analogous

#E5579C #E55957 #E5A057

triadic

#E55957 #57E559 #5957E5

tetradic

#E55957 #9CE557 #57E3E5 #A057E5

square

#E55957 #9CE557 #57E3E5 #A057E5

split-complementary

#E55957 #57E5A0 #579CE5

monochromatic

#A81C1A #DD2522 #E55957 #ED8D8C #F5C2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#E55957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#E55957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55957

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55957	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)

#7D7556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 89, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.175 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48e86',
    500: '#e55957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55957;
$custom-light: #f48e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.845,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64653,
    "c": 0.17496,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55957

secondary

#B2E5E6

accent

#D3D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55957

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

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