#E55A50#E55A50

#E55A50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.175 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55A50
RGB	rgb(229, 90, 80)
HSL	hsl(4, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, 53.36, 33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 63.24, 32.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% 0.1557 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.175 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4209, 24.5546, 10.3568)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55A50 #50DBE5

analogous

#E55090 #E55A50 #E5A450

triadic

#E55A50 #50E55A #5A50E5

tetradic

#E55A50 #90E550 #50DBE5 #A450E5

square

#E55A50 #90E550 #50DBE5 #A450E5

split-complementary

#E55A50 #50E5A4 #5090E5

monochromatic

#A22118 #D82C20 #E55A50 #ED8C85 #F5BEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#E55A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#E55A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55A50

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55A50	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F754E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 90, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.175 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48e81',
    500: '#e55a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55a50;
$custom-light: #f48e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.027,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64662,
    "c": 0.17496,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55A50

secondary

#ACE1E5

accent

#C9D60F

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55A50

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

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