#E55A55#E55A55

#E55A55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.174 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55A55
RGB	rgb(229, 90, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, 53.66, 31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 62.07, 30.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% 0.1575 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.174 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6126, 24.6312, 11.3662)
Luminance	0.2463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55A55 #55E0E5

analogous

#E55598 #E55A55 #E5A255

triadic

#E55A55 #55E55A #5A55E5

tetradic

#E55A55 #98E555 #55E0E5 #A255E5

square

#E55A55 #98E555 #55E0E5 #A255E5

split-complementary

#E55A55 #55E5A2 #5598E5

monochromatic

#A61E19 #DB2822 #E55A55 #ED8E8A #F5C1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#E55A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#E55A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55A55

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55A55	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 90, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.174 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48e85',
    500: '#e55a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55a55;
$custom-light: #f48e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.083,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64743,
    "c": 0.17417,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55A55

secondary

#B0E4E6

accent

#CFD610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55A55

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

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