#E55A53#E55A53

#E55A53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.174 H 26.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55A53
RGB	rgb(229, 90, 83)
HSL	hsl(3, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, 53.54, 32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 62.53, 31.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% 0.1568 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.174 26)
XYZ	xyz(37.5342, 24.5999, 10.9537)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55A53 #53DEE5

analogous

#E55395 #E55A53 #E5A353

triadic

#E55A53 #53E55A #5A53E5

tetradic

#E55A53 #95E553 #53DEE5 #A353E5

square

#E55A53 #95E553 #53DEE5 #A353E5

split-complementary

#E55A53 #53E5A3 #5395E5

monochromatic

#A52019 #DA2A21 #E55A53 #ED8D88 #F5C0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#E55A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#E55A53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55A53

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55A53	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 90, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.174 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48e83',
    500: '#e55a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55a53;
$custom-light: #f48e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.877,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6471,
    "c": 0.17448,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.24595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55A53

secondary

#AEE3E5

accent

#CCD610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55A53

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

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