#E55B61#E55B61
#E55B61 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.172 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55B61 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 91, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(357, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(357, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 57.6%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.08, 54.02, 24.77) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.08, 59.43, 24.63°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.09% 0.1607 0.0606) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.09% 0.172 20.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.2153, 25.0082, 14.1216) |
| Luminance | 0.2500 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.16
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.18
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.51
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 5.17
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 5.33
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.63
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55B61 #5BE5DF
analogous
#E55BA6 #E55B61 #E59A5B
triadic
#E55B61 #61E55B #5B61E5
tetradic
#E55B61 #A6E55B #5BE5DF #9A5BE5
square
#E55B61 #A6E55B #5BE5DF #9A5BE5
split-complementary
#E55B61 #5BE59A #5BA6E5
monochromatic
#AB1B21 #DD262E #E55B61 #ED9094 #F6C5C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.50
#E55B61 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.00
#E55B61 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55B61
6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55B61 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55B61 | 1.00 | 3.50 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.50 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7D7760
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0945E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA415E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55b61; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 91, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.172 20.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f38f8d',
500: '#e55b61',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55b61; $custom-light: #f38f8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55b61",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 91,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 357.391,
"s": 72.632,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65087,
"c": 0.17175,
"h": 20.7
},
"luminance": 0.25003
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55B61
secondary
#B5E7E5
accent
#D5CC11
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D