#E55B4C#E55B4C
#E55B4C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.175 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55B4C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 91, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(6, 75%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(6, 67%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 66.8%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.75, 52.70, 36.32) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.75, 64.00, 34.58°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.73% 0.1528 0.0846) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.73% 0.175 29) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.3624, 24.6670, 9.6299) |
| Luminance | 0.2466 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.69
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.09
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.44
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.82
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.08
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 6.04
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55B4C #4CD6E5
analogous
#E54C8A #E55B4C #E5A74C
triadic
#E55B4C #4CE55B #5B4CE5
tetradic
#E55B4C #8AE54C #4CD6E5 #A74CE5
square
#E55B4C #8AE54C #4CD6E5 #A74CE5
split-complementary
#E55B4C #4CE5A7 #4C8AE5
monochromatic
#9F2517 #D5311F #E55B4C #ED8C81 #F5BDB7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.54
#E55B4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.93
#E55B4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55B4C
5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55B4C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55B4C | 1.00 | 3.54 | 5.93 | 5.93 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.54 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#80754A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A29348
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB3D58
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55b4c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 91, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.175 29.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f58f7e',
500: '#e55b4c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55b4c; $custom-light: #f58f7e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55b4c",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 91,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 5.882,
"s": 74.634,
"l": 59.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64727,
"c": 0.17468,
"h": 29
},
"luminance": 0.24662
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55B4C
secondary
#A9DEE4
accent
#DFF137
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180D0A
muted
#867E7C