#E55A5E#E55A5E

#E55A5E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.173 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55A5E
RGB	rgb(229, 90, 94)
HSL	hsl(358, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(358, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, 54.25, 26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 60.26, 25.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% 0.161 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.173 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9931, 24.7834, 13.3705)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55A5E #5AE5E1

analogous

#E55AA4 #E55A5E #E59B5A

triadic

#E55A5E #5EE55A #5A5EE5

tetradic

#E55A5E #A4E55A #5AE5E1 #9B5AE5

square

#E55A5E #A4E55A #5AE5E1 #9B5AE5

split-complementary

#E55A5E #5AE59B #5AA4E5

monochromatic

#AA1B1F #DD252A #E55A5E #ED8F92 #F6C4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#E55A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#E55A5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55A5E

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55A5E	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D765D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0935B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 90, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.173 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48e8b',
    500: '#e55a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55a5e;
$custom-light: #f48e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.273,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64904,
    "c": 0.17311,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55A5E

secondary

#B4E7E5

accent

#D5CF11

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55A5E

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

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