#E55C55#E55C55

#E55C55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.172 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55C55
RGB	rgb(229, 92, 85)
HSL	hsl(3, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, 52.77, 31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 61.52, 30.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65% 0.1548 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.172 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7835, 24.9732, 11.4232)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55C55 #55DEE5

analogous

#E55596 #E55C55 #E5A455

triadic

#E55C55 #55E55C #5C55E5

tetradic

#E55C55 #96E555 #55DEE5 #A455E5

square

#E55C55 #96E555 #55DEE5 #A455E5

split-complementary

#E55C55 #55E5A4 #5596E5

monochromatic

#A62019 #DB2B22 #E55C55 #ED8F8A #F5C2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#E55C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#E55C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55C55

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55C55	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	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)

#7F7753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 92, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.172 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48f85',
    500: '#e55c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55c55;
$custom-light: #f48f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.917,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64996,
    "c": 0.17206,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55C55

secondary

#B0E3E6

accent

#CCD610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55C55

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

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