#E55A61#E55A61

#E55A61 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.173 H 20.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55A61
RGB	rgb(229, 90, 97)
HSL	hsl(357, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(357, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.92, 54.46, 24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.92, 59.74, 24.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.1621 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.173 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1304, 24.8383, 14.0933)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55A61 #5AE5DE

analogous

#E55AA7 #E55A61 #E5985A

triadic

#E55A61 #61E55A #5A61E5

tetradic

#E55A61 #A7E55A #5AE5DE #985AE5

square

#E55A61 #A7E55A #5AE5DE #985AE5

split-complementary

#E55A61 #5AE598 #5AA7E5

monochromatic

#AA1B22 #DD252E #E55A61 #ED8F94 #F6C4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#E55A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#E55A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55A61

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55A61	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F935E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 90, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.173 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38e8d',
    500: '#e55a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55a61;
$custom-light: #f38e8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.978,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64962,
    "c": 0.17289,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55A61

secondary

#B4E7E4

accent

#D5CB11

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55A61

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

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