#E55A4C#E55A4C
#E55A4C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.176 H 28.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55A4C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 90, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(5, 75%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(5, 67%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 66.8%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.58, 53.14, 36.12) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.58, 64.25, 34.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.6% 0.1542 0.0841) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.6% 0.176 28.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.2775, 24.4972, 9.6015) |
| Luminance | 0.2449 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.46
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.12
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.21
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.77
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.92
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 5.82
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55A4C #4CD7E5
analogous
#E54C8B #E55A4C #E5A64C
triadic
#E55A4C #4CE55A #5A4CE5
tetradic
#E55A4C #8BE54C #4CD7E5 #A64CE5
square
#E55A4C #8BE54C #4CD7E5 #A64CE5
split-complementary
#E55A4C #4CE5A6 #4C8BE5
monochromatic
#9F2417 #D5301F #E55A4C #ED8B81 #F5BDB7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.56
#E55A4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.90
#E55A4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55A4C
5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55A4C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55A4C | 1.00 | 3.56 | 5.90 | 5.90 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.90 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.90 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7F754A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A29348
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB3B57
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55a4c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 90, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.176 28.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f58e7e',
500: '#e55a4c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55a4c; $custom-light: #f58e7e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55a4c",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 90,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 5.49,
"s": 74.634,
"l": 59.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64601,
"c": 0.17568,
"h": 28.6
},
"luminance": 0.24492
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55A4C
secondary
#A9DFE4
accent
#E0F137
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180D0A
muted
#867E7C