#E55B5E#E55B5E
#E55B5E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.172 H 21.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55B5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 91, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(359, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(359, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 59%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.03, 53.81, 26.43) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.03, 59.95, 26.16°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.03% 0.1596 0.0642) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.03% 0.172 21.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.0780, 24.9533, 13.3988) |
| Luminance | 0.2495 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.57
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.20
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.47
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.47
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.04
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 5.10
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55B5E #5BE5E2
analogous
#E55BA3 #E55B5E #E59D5B
triadic
#E55B5E #5EE55B #5B5EE5
tetradic
#E55B5E #A3E55B #5BE5E2 #9D5BE5
square
#E55B5E #A3E55B #5BE5E2 #9D5BE5
split-complementary
#E55B5E #5BE59D #5BA3E5
monochromatic
#AB1B1E #DD262A #E55B5E #ED9092 #F6C5C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.51
#E55B5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.99
#E55B5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55B5E
5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55B5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55B5E | 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)
#7D775D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0945B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA415D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55b5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 91, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.172 21.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f48f8b',
500: '#e55b5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55b5e; $custom-light: #f48f8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55b5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 91,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 358.696,
"s": 72.632,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65029,
"c": 0.172,
"h": 21.9
},
"luminance": 0.24948
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55B5E
secondary
#B5E7E6
accent
#D5D011
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D