#E5595E#E5595E
#E5595E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.174 H 21.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5595E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 89, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(358, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(358, 61%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 59%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.70, 54.69, 26.00) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.70, 60.56, 25.43°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.78% 0.1623 0.0632) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.78% 0.174 21.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.9093, 24.6159, 13.3426) |
| Luminance | 0.2461 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.64
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.03
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.38
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.59
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.39
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 5.40
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5595E #59E5E0
analogous
#E559A4 #E5595E #E59A59
triadic
#E5595E #5EE559 #595EE5
tetradic
#E5595E #A4E559 #59E5E0 #9A59E5
square
#E5595E #A4E559 #59E5E0 #9A59E5
split-complementary
#E5595E #59E59A #59A4E5
monochromatic
#A91A20 #DD242B #E5595E #ED8E91 #F6C3C5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.55
#E5595E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.92
#E5595E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E5595E
5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5595E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5595E | 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)
#7C755D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F935B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA3E5C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5595e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 89, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.174 21.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f48e8b',
500: '#e5595e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5595e; $custom-light: #f48e8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5595e",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 89,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 357.857,
"s": 72.917,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64781,
"c": 0.17422,
"h": 21.3
},
"luminance": 0.24611
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5595E
secondary
#B3E6E5
accent
#D5CE10
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D