#E55B5C#E55B5C

#E55B5C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.172 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55B5C
RGB	rgb(229, 91, 92)
HSL	hsl(360, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(360, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, 53.67, 27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 60.33, 27.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% 0.1588 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.172 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9895, 24.9178, 12.9323)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55B5C #5BE5E4

analogous

#E55BA1 #E55B5C #E59F5B

triadic

#E55B5C #5CE55B #5B5CE5

tetradic

#E55B5C #A1E55B #5BE5E4 #9F5BE5

square

#E55B5C #A1E55B #5BE5E4 #9F5BE5

split-complementary

#E55B5C #5BE59F #5BA1E5

monochromatic

#AB1B1C #DD2627 #E55B5C #ED9091 #F6C5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#E55B5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#E55B5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55B5C

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55B5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55B5C	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)

#7E765B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55b5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 91, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.172 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48f8a',
    500: '#e55b5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55b5c;
$custom-light: #f48f8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55b5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.565,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64992,
    "c": 0.1722,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55B5C

secondary

#B5E7E7

accent

#D5D311

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55B5C

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

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