#E55A4D#E55A4D
#E55A4D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.175 H 28.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55A4D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 90, 77) |
| HSL | hsl(5, 75%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(5, 66%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 66.4%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.60, 53.19, 35.58) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.60, 64.00, 33.78°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.62% 0.1546 0.0831) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.62% 0.176 28.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.3125, 24.5112, 9.7861) |
| Luminance | 0.2451 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.31
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.96
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.09
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.64
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.79
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 5.69
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55A4D #4DD8E5
analogous
#E54D8C #E55A4D #E5A64D
triadic
#E55A4D #4DE55A #5A4DE5
tetradic
#E55A4D #8CE54D #4DD8E5 #A64DE5
square
#E55A4D #8CE54D #4DD8E5 #A64DE5
split-complementary
#E55A4D #4DE5A6 #4D8CE5
monochromatic
#A02317 #D62F1F #E55A4D #ED8C82 #F5BDB8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.56
#E55A4D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.90
#E55A4D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55A4D
5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55A4D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55A4D | 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)
#7F754B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A29349
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB3C58
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55a4d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 90, 77); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.175 28.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f58e7f',
500: '#e55a4d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55a4d; $custom-light: #f58e7f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55a4d",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 90,
"b": 77
},
"hsl": {
"h": 5.132,
"s": 74.51,
"l": 60
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64616,
"c": 0.1755,
"h": 28.3
},
"luminance": 0.24506
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55A4D
secondary
#AADFE4
accent
#E1F137
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180D0A
muted
#867E7C