#E55B59#E55B59

#E55B59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.173 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55B59
RGB	rgb(229, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(1, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.95, 53.47, 29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.95, 60.93, 28.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% 0.1577 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.173 24)
XYZ	xyz(37.8609, 24.8664, 12.2552)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55B59 #59E3E5

analogous

#E5599D #E55B59 #E5A159

triadic

#E55B59 #59E55B #5B59E5

tetradic

#E55B59 #9DE559 #59E3E5 #A159E5

square

#E55B59 #9DE559 #59E3E5 #A159E5

split-complementary

#E55B59 #59E5A1 #599DE5

monochromatic

#A91D1A #DD2724 #E55B59 #ED8F8E #F6C4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#E55B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#E55B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55B59

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55B59	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA405C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.173 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48f88',
    500: '#e55b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55b59;
$custom-light: #f48f88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.857,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64938,
    "c": 0.17256,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.24861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55B59

secondary

#B3E6E6

accent

#D2D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55B59

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

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