#E55B5B#E55B5B

#E55B5B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.172 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55B5B
RGB	rgb(229, 91, 91)
HSL	hsl(0, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, 53.61, 28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 60.52, 27.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% 0.1584 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.172 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9460, 24.9005, 12.7036)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55B5B #5BE5E5

analogous

#E55BA0 #E55B5B #E5A05B

triadic

#E55B5B #5BE55B #5B5BE5

tetradic

#E55B5B #A0E55B #5BE5E5 #A05BE5

square

#E55B5B #A0E55B #5BE5E5 #A05BE5

split-complementary

#E55B5B #5BE5A0 #5BA0E5

monochromatic

#AB1B1B #DD2626 #E55B5B #ED9090 #F6C5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#E55B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#E55B5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55B5B

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55B5B	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E765A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA405C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 91, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.172 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48f89',
    500: '#e55b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55b5b;
$custom-light: #f48f89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64973,
    "c": 0.17232,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55B5B

secondary

#B5E7E7

accent

#D5D511

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55B5B

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

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