#E55960#E55960

#E55960 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.174 H 20.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55960
RGB	rgb(229, 89, 96)
HSL	hsl(357, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(357, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, 54.83, 24.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 60.22, 24.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% 0.1631 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.174 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0002, 24.6522, 13.8214)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55960 #59E5DE

analogous

#E559A6 #E55960 #E59859

triadic

#E55960 #60E559 #5960E5

tetradic

#E55960 #A6E559 #59E5DE #9859E5

square

#E55960 #A6E559 #59E5DE #9859E5

split-complementary

#E55960 #59E598 #59A6E5

monochromatic

#A91A22 #DD242D #E55960 #ED8E93 #F6C3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#E55960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#E55960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55960

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55960	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C765F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F935D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3E5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 89, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.174 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48e8d',
    500: '#e55960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55960;
$custom-light: #f48e8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64819,
    "c": 0.17407,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55960

secondary

#B3E6E4

accent

#D5CB10

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55960

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

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