#E55C53#E55C53

#E55C53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.172 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55C53
RGB	rgb(229, 92, 83)
HSL	hsl(4, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.02, 52.65, 32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.02, 61.99, 31.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.154 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.172 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7052, 24.9418, 11.0107)
Luminance	0.2494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55C53 #53DCE5

analogous

#E55393 #E55C53 #E5A553

triadic

#E55C53 #53E55C #5C53E5

tetradic

#E55C53 #93E553 #53DCE5 #A553E5

square

#E55C53 #93E553 #53DCE5 #A553E5

split-complementary

#E55C53 #53E5A5 #5393E5

monochromatic

#A52219 #DA2C21 #E55C53 #ED8E88 #F5C1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#E55C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#E55C53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55C53

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55C53	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)

#807651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 92, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.172 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48f83',
    500: '#e55c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55c53;
$custom-light: #f48f83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.699,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64963,
    "c": 0.17238,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55C53

secondary

#AEE2E5

accent

#CAD610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55C53

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

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