#E55B56#E55B56

#E55B56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.173 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55B56
RGB	rgb(229, 91, 86)
HSL	hsl(2, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, 53.28, 30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 61.57, 30.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.1565 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.173 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7375, 24.8170, 11.6053)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55B56 #56E0E5

analogous

#E55699 #E55B56 #E5A356

triadic

#E55B56 #56E55B #5B56E5

tetradic

#E55B56 #99E556 #56E0E5 #A356E5

square

#E55B56 #99E556 #56E0E5 #A356E5

split-complementary

#E55B56 #56E5A3 #5699E5

monochromatic

#A71F1A #DC2822 #E55B56 #ED8E8B #F5C2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#E55B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#E55B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55B56

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55B56	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 91, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.173 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48f85',
    500: '#e55b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55b56;
$custom-light: #f48f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.098,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64886,
    "c": 0.17297,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55B56

secondary

#B1E4E6

accent

#CFD510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55B56

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

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