#E55A69#E55A69
#E55A69 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.173 H 16.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55A69 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 90, 105) |
| HSL | hsl(354, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(354, 61%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 54.1%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.07, 55.06, 20.10) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.07, 58.62, 20.05°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.13% 0.1652 0.0501) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.13% 0.173 16.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.5224, 24.9951, 16.1578) |
| Luminance | 0.2499 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 5.13
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 5.31
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 5.45
Rose (survey)
#CF6275
ΔE00 5.47
Red Pink
#FA2A55
ΔE00 5.94
Reddish Pink
#FE2C54
ΔE00 6.04
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55A69 #5AE5D6
analogous
#E55AAF #E55A69 #E5905A
triadic
#E55A69 #69E55A #5A69E5
tetradic
#E55A69 #AFE55A #5AE5D6 #905AE5
square
#E55A69 #AFE55A #5AE5D6 #905AE5
split-complementary
#E55A69 #5AE590 #5AAFE5
monochromatic
#AA1B2A #DD2539 #E55A69 #ED8F99 #F6C4C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.50
#E55A69 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.00
#E55A69 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55A69
6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55A69 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55A69 | 1.00 | 3.50 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.50 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7B7769
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9E9466
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F94260
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55a69; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 90, 105); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.173 16.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f38e93',
500: '#e55a69',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55a69; $custom-light: #f38e93; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55a69",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 90,
"b": 105
},
"hsl": {
"h": 353.525,
"s": 72.775,
"l": 62.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65127,
"c": 0.1726,
"h": 16.9
},
"luminance": 0.2499
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55A69
secondary
#B4E7E1
accent
#D5C011
background
#FFF9F9
surface
#FFF1F1
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0D
muted
#867E7E