#E55C56#E55C56

#E55C56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.172 H 25.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55C56
RGB	rgb(229, 92, 86)
HSL	hsl(3, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, 52.84, 31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 61.29, 30.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.1551 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.172 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8235, 24.9892, 11.6339)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55C56 #56DFE5

analogous

#E55698 #E55C56 #E5A356

triadic

#E55C56 #56E55C #5C56E5

tetradic

#E55C56 #98E556 #56DFE5 #A356E5

square

#E55C56 #98E556 #56DFE5 #A356E5

split-complementary

#E55C56 #56E5A3 #5698E5

monochromatic

#A7201A #DC2A22 #E55C56 #ED8F8B #F5C2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#E55C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#E55C56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55C56

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55C56	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA405C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 92, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.172 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48f85',
    500: '#e55c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55c56;
$custom-light: #f48f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.517,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65012,
    "c": 0.1719,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55C56

secondary

#B1E4E6

accent

#CDD510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55C56

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

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