#E55C4E#E55C4E

#E55C4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.173 H 28.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55C4E
RGB	rgb(229, 92, 78)
HSL	hsl(6, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.95, 52.36, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.95, 63.23, 34.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% 0.1522 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.173 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5191, 24.8674, 10.0304)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55C4E #4ED7E5

analogous

#E54E8B #E55C4E #E5A74E

triadic

#E55C4E #4EE55C #5C4EE5

tetradic

#E55C4E #8BE54E #4ED7E5 #A74EE5

square

#E55C4E #8BE54E #4ED7E5 #A74EE5

split-complementary

#E55C4E #4EE5A7 #4E8BE5

monochromatic

#A12418 #D6301F #E55C4E #ED8D83 #F5BEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#E55C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#E55C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55C4E

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55C4E	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80764C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 92, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.173 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48f80',
    500: '#e55c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55c4e;
$custom-light: #f48f80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.563,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64884,
    "c": 0.17329,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55C4E

secondary

#AADFE4

accent

#C4D70F

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55C4E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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