#E55A66#E55A66
#E55A66 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.173 H 18.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55A66 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 90, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(355, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(355, 61%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 55.5%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.01, 54.83, 21.77) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.01, 58.99, 21.65°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.06% 0.164 0.0539) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.06% 0.173 18.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.3709, 24.9345, 15.3601) |
| Luminance | 0.2493 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.50
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.63
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.99
Reddish Pink
#FE2C54
ΔE00 5.78
Red Pink
#FA2A55
ΔE00 5.79
Rose (survey)
#CF6275
ΔE00 6.11
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55A66 #5AE5D9
analogous
#E55AAC #E55A66 #E5935A
triadic
#E55A66 #66E55A #5A66E5
tetradic
#E55A66 #ACE55A #5AE5D9 #935AE5
square
#E55A66 #ACE55A #5AE5D9 #935AE5
split-complementary
#E55A66 #5AE593 #5AACE5
monochromatic
#AA1B27 #DD2535 #E55A66 #ED8F97 #F6C4C8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.51
#E55A66 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.99
#E55A66 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55A66
5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55A66 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55A66 | 1.00 | 3.51 | 5.99 | 5.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7B7766
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F9463
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA415F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55a66; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 90, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.173 18.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f38e91',
500: '#e55a66',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55a66; $custom-light: #f38e91; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55a66",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 90,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 354.82,
"s": 72.775,
"l": 62.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65063,
"c": 0.17265,
"h": 18.2
},
"luminance": 0.2493
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55A66
secondary
#B4E7E2
accent
#D5C411
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D