#E55959#E55959

#E55959 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.175 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55959
RGB	rgb(229, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, 54.36, 28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 61.50, 27.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% 0.1604 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.175 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6922, 24.5290, 12.1990)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55959 #59E5E5

analogous

#E5599F #E55959 #E59F59

triadic

#E55959 #59E559 #5959E5

tetradic

#E55959 #9FE559 #59E5E5 #9F59E5

square

#E55959 #9FE559 #59E5E5 #9F59E5

split-complementary

#E55959 #59E59F #599FE5

monochromatic

#A91A1A #DD2424 #E55959 #ED8E8E #F6C3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#E55959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#E55959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55959

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55959	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)

#7D7558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.175 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48e88',
    500: '#e55959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55959;
$custom-light: #f48e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64688,
    "c": 0.17471,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55959

secondary

#B3E6E6

accent

#D5D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55959

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

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