#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 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 91, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(359, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(359, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 59.4%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.01, 53.74, 26.99) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.01, 60.14, 26.67°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.01% 0.1592 0.0654) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.01% 0.172 22.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.0335, 24.9354, 13.1640) |
| Luminance | 0.2493 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.42
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.25
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.26
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.50
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.87
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 5.06
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55B5D | 1.00 | 3.51 | 5.99 | 5.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
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