#E5595C#E5595C
#E5595C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.174 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5595C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 89, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(359, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(359, 61%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 59.8%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.66, 54.55, 27.12) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.66, 60.92, 26.43°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.74% 0.1616 0.0656) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.74% 0.174 22.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.8208, 24.5804, 12.8760) |
| Luminance | 0.2457 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.28
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.09
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.13
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.40
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.04
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.12
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5595C #59E5E2
analogous
#E559A2 #E5595C #E59C59
triadic
#E5595C #5CE559 #595CE5
tetradic
#E5595C #A2E559 #59E5E2 #9C59E5
square
#E5595C #A2E559 #59E5E2 #9C59E5
split-complementary
#E5595C #59E59C #59A2E5
monochromatic
#A91A1E #DD2428 #E5595C #ED8E90 #F6C3C4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.55
#E5595C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.92
#E5595C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E5595C
5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5595C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5595C | 1.00 | 3.55 | 5.92 | 5.92 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.55 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.92 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.92 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7C755B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A09358
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA3D5B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5595c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 89, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.174 22.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f48e8a',
500: '#e5595c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5595c; $custom-light: #f48e8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5595c",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 89,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 358.714,
"s": 72.917,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64743,
"c": 0.1744,
"h": 22.1
},
"luminance": 0.24575
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5595C
secondary
#B3E6E5
accent
#D5D110
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0B
muted
#867E7C