#E55C59#E55C59

#E55C59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.171 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55C59
RGB	rgb(229, 92, 89)
HSL	hsl(1, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, 53.03, 29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 60.64, 29.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% 0.1563 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.171 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9470, 25.0385, 12.2839)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55C59 #59E2E5

analogous

#E5599C #E55C59 #E5A259

triadic

#E55C59 #59E55C #5C59E5

tetradic

#E55C59 #9CE559 #59E2E5 #A259E5

square

#E55C59 #9CE559 #59E2E5 #A259E5

split-complementary

#E55C59 #59E5A2 #599CE5

monochromatic

#A91E1A #DD2824 #E55C59 #ED908E #F6C4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#E55C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#E55C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55C59

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55C59	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 92, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.171 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48f88',
    500: '#e55c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55c59;
$custom-light: #f48f88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.286,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65064,
    "c": 0.17148,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55C59

secondary

#B3E5E6

accent

#D1D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55C59

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

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