#E55A5C#E55A5C

#E55A5C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.173 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55A5C
RGB	rgb(229, 90, 92)
HSL	hsl(359, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, 54.12, 27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 60.62, 26.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% 0.1602 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.173 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9045, 24.7480, 12.9040)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55A5C #5AE5E3

analogous

#E55AA1 #E55A5C #E59E5A

triadic

#E55A5C #5CE55A #5A5CE5

tetradic

#E55A5C #A1E55A #5AE5E3 #9E5AE5

square

#E55A5C #A1E55A #5AE5E3 #9E5AE5

split-complementary

#E55A5C #5AE59E #5AA1E5

monochromatic

#AA1B1D #DD2528 #E55A5C #ED8F90 #F6C4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#E55A5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#E55A5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55A5C

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55A5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55A5C	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D765B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55a5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 90, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.173 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48e8a',
    500: '#e55a5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55a5c;
$custom-light: #f48e8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55a5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.137,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64867,
    "c": 0.1733,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55A5C

secondary

#B4E7E6

accent

#D5D211

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55A5C

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

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