#E55A62#E55A62

#E55A62 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.173 H 19.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55A62
RGB	rgb(229, 90, 98)
HSL	hsl(357, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(357, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, 54.54, 23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 59.58, 23.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% 0.1625 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.173 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1773, 24.8571, 14.3404)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55A62 #5AE5DD

analogous

#E55AA7 #E55A62 #E5985A

triadic

#E55A62 #62E55A #5A62E5

tetradic

#E55A62 #A7E55A #5AE5DD #985AE5

square

#E55A62 #A7E55A #5AE5DD #985AE5

split-complementary

#E55A62 #5AE598 #5AA7E5

monochromatic

#AA1B23 #DD2530 #E55A62 #ED8F94 #F6C4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#E55A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#E55A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55A62

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55A62	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)

#7C7661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F945F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 90, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.173 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38e8e',
    500: '#e55a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55a62;
$custom-light: #f38e8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.547,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64982,
    "c": 0.17282,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55A62

secondary

#B4E7E4

accent

#D5CA11

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55A62

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

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