#E55B5D#E55B5D

#E55B5D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.172 H 22.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E55B5D
RGBrgb(229, 91, 93)
HSLhsl(359, 73%, 63%)
HSVhsv(359, 60%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 60.3%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(57.01, 53.74, 26.99)
CIE-LCHlch(57.01, 60.14, 26.67°)
OKLaboklab(65.01% 0.1592 0.0654)
OKLCHoklch(65.01% 0.172 22.3)
XYZxyz(38.0335, 24.9354, 13.1640)
Luminance0.2493 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E55B5D #5BE5E3
analogous
#E55BA2 #E55B5D #E59E5B
triadic
#E55B5D #5DE55B #5B5DE5
tetradic
#E55B5D #A2E55B #5BE5E3 #9E5BE5
square
#E55B5D #A2E55B #5BE5E3 #9E5BE5
split-complementary
#E55B5D #5BE59E #5BA2E5
monochromatic
#AB1B1D #DD2629 #E55B5D #ED9091 #F6C5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51
#E55B5D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99
#E55B5D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55B5D
5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E55B5D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E55B5D1.003.515.995.99
#FFFFFF3.511.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9921.001.001.00
##0000005.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E775C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0945A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA415D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e55b5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 91, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.172 22.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48f8b',
    500: '#e55b5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e55b5d;
$custom-light: #f48f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e55b5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.13,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6501,
    "c": 0.1721,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E55B5D
secondary
#B5E7E6
accent
#D5D211
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D

Preview Lab

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#E55B5D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva