#E55C54#E55C54

#E55C54 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.172 H 26.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55C54
RGB	rgb(229, 92, 84)
HSL	hsl(3, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 63.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, 52.71, 32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 61.75, 31.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% 0.1544 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.172 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7441, 24.9574, 11.2155)
Luminance	0.2495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55C54 #54DDE5

analogous

#E55495 #E55C54 #E5A554

triadic

#E55C54 #54E55C #5C54E5

tetradic

#E55C54 #95E554 #54DDE5 #A554E5

square

#E55C54 #95E554 #54DDE5 #A554E5

split-complementary

#E55C54 #54E5A5 #5495E5

monochromatic

#A52119 #DB2B21 #E55C54 #ED8F89 #F5C1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#E55C54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#E55C54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55C54

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55C54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55C54	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)

#7F7652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55c54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 92, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.172 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48f84',
    500: '#e55c54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55c54;
$custom-light: #f48f84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55c54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.31,
    "s": 73.604,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64979,
    "c": 0.17222,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55C54

secondary

#AFE3E6

accent

#CBD610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55C54

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

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