#E55A56#E55A56

#E55A56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.174 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55A56
RGB	rgb(229, 90, 86)
HSL	hsl(2, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, 53.72, 30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 61.85, 29.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% 0.1579 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.174 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6526, 24.6472, 11.5770)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55A56 #56E1E5

analogous

#E5569A #E55A56 #E5A156

triadic

#E55A56 #56E55A #5A56E5

tetradic

#E55A56 #9AE556 #56E1E5 #A156E5

square

#E55A56 #9AE556 #56E1E5 #A156E5

split-complementary

#E55A56 #56E5A1 #569AE5

monochromatic

#A71E1A #DC2722 #E55A56 #ED8E8B #F5C2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#E55A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#E55A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55A56

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55A56	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)

#7E7555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 90, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.174 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48e85',
    500: '#e55a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55a56;
$custom-light: #f48e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.678,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6476,
    "c": 0.17403,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55A56

secondary

#B1E4E6

accent

#D0D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55A56

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

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