#E55A65#E55A65

#E55A65 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.173 H 18.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55A65
RGB	rgb(229, 90, 101)
HSL	hsl(355, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(355, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 54.76, 22.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 59.13, 22.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.1636 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.173 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3216, 24.9148, 15.1004)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55A65 #5AE5DA

analogous

#E55AAA #E55A65 #E5955A

triadic

#E55A65 #65E55A #5A65E5

tetradic

#E55A65 #AAE55A #5AE5DA #955AE5

square

#E55A65 #AAE55A #5AE5DA #955AE5

split-complementary

#E55A65 #5AE595 #5AAAE5

monochromatic

#AA1B26 #DD2534 #E55A65 #ED8F96 #F6C4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#E55A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#E55A65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55A65

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55A65	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7765

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA415F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 90, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.173 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38e90',
    500: '#e55a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55a65;
$custom-light: #f38e90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.252,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65042,
    "c": 0.17267,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55A65

secondary

#B4E7E3

accent

#D5C511

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55A65

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

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