#E55972#E55972

#E55972 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.174 H 12.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55972
RGB	rgb(229, 89, 114)
HSL	hsl(349, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(349, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 50.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, 56.24, 14.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 58.17, 14.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% 0.17 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.174 12.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9259, 25.0225, 18.6963)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55972 #59E5CC

analogous

#E559B8 #E55972 #E58659

triadic

#E55972 #72E559 #5972E5

tetradic

#E55972 #B8E559 #59E5CC #8659E5

square

#E55972 #B8E559 #59E5CC #8659E5

split-complementary

#E55972 #59E586 #59B8E5

monochromatic

#A91A34 #DD2445 #E55972 #ED8E9F #F6C3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#E55972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#E55972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55972

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55972	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D946F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F94363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 89, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.174 12.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38e9a',
    500: '#e55972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55972;
$custom-light: #f38e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.286,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65209,
    "c": 0.17415,
    "h": 12.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55972

secondary

#B3E6DD

accent

#D5B210

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF1F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#180D0E

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55972

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

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