#E55A4A#E55A4A
#E55A4A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.176 H 29.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55A4A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 90, 74) |
| HSL | hsl(6, 75%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(6, 68%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 67.7%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.56, 53.03, 37.20) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.56, 64.78, 35.05°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.57% 0.1535 0.0862) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.57% 0.176 29.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.2090, 24.4698, 9.2410) |
| Luminance | 0.2447 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.79
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.24
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.70
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.07
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.22
Tomato (survey)
#EF4026
ΔE00 5.99
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55A4A #4AD5E5
analogous
#E54A87 #E55A4A #E5A84A
triadic
#E55A4A #4AE55A #5A4AE5
tetradic
#E55A4A #87E54A #4AD5E5 #A84AE5
square
#E55A4A #87E54A #4AD5E5 #A84AE5
split-complementary
#E55A4A #4AE5A8 #4A87E5
monochromatic
#9E2517 #D3311E #E55A4A #ED8B80 #F4BCB5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.56
#E55A4A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.89
#E55A4A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55A4A
5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55A4A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55A4A | 1.00 | 3.56 | 5.89 | 5.89 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.89 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.89 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7F7548
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A29346
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB3B57
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55a4a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 90, 74); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.176 29.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f58e7d',
500: '#e55a4a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55a4a; $custom-light: #f58e7d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55a4a",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 90,
"b": 74
},
"hsl": {
"h": 6.194,
"s": 74.879,
"l": 59.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64572,
"c": 0.17607,
"h": 29.3
},
"luminance": 0.24465
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55A4A
secondary
#A7DDE4
accent
#DEF136
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180D09
muted
#867E7B