#E55B5F#E55B5F
#E55B5F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.172 H 21.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55B5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 91, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(358, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(358, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 58.5%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.05, 53.88, 25.88) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.05, 59.77, 25.66°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.05% 0.16 0.063) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.05% 0.172 21.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.1232, 24.9713, 13.6367) |
| Luminance | 0.2497 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.74
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.17
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.47
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.70
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 5.16
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.23
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55B5F #5BE5E1
analogous
#E55BA4 #E55B5F #E59C5B
triadic
#E55B5F #5FE55B #5B5FE5
tetradic
#E55B5F #A4E55B #5BE5E1 #9C5BE5
square
#E55B5F #A4E55B #5BE5E1 #9C5BE5
split-complementary
#E55B5F #5BE59C #5BA4E5
monochromatic
#AB1B1F #DD262B #E55B5F #ED9093 #F6C5C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.50
#E55B5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.99
#E55B5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55B5F
5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55B5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55B5F | 1.00 | 3.50 | 5.99 | 5.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.50 | 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)
#7D775E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0945C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA415E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55b5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 91, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.172 21.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f48f8c',
500: '#e55b5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55b5f; $custom-light: #f48f8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55b5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 91,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 358.261,
"s": 72.632,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65048,
"c": 0.17192,
"h": 21.5
},
"luminance": 0.24966
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55B5F
secondary
#B5E7E5
accent
#D5CF11
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D