#E55C4F#E55C4F
#E55C4F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.173 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55C4F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 92, 79) |
| HSL | hsl(5, 74%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(5, 66%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 65.5%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.96, 52.42, 34.90) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.96, 62.97, 33.66°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.9% 0.1525 0.0818) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.9% 0.173 28.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.5552, 24.8818, 10.2207) |
| Luminance | 0.2488 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.51
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 3.95
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.95
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.46
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.84
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 5.85
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55C4F #4FD8E5
analogous
#E54F8D #E55C4F #E5A74F
triadic
#E55C4F #4FE55C #5C4FE5
tetradic
#E55C4F #8DE54F #4FD8E5 #A74FE5
square
#E55C4F #8DE54F #4FD8E5 #A74FE5
split-complementary
#E55C4F #4FE5A7 #4F8DE5
monochromatic
#A22418 #D73020 #E55C4F #ED8D84 #F5BFBA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.51
#E55C4F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.98
#E55C4F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55C4F
5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55C4F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55C4F | 1.00 | 3.51 | 5.98 | 5.98 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.98 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.98 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#80764D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2944B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB3F5A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55c4f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 92, 79); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.173 28.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f48f80',
500: '#e55c4f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55c4f; $custom-light: #f48f80; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55c4f",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 92,
"b": 79
},
"hsl": {
"h": 5.2,
"s": 74.257,
"l": 60.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.649,
"c": 0.17309,
"h": 28.2
},
"luminance": 0.24877
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55C4F
secondary
#ABE0E5
accent
#C5D60F
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180D0A
muted
#867E7C