#E55C5D#E55C5D

#E55C5D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.171 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55C5D
RGB	rgb(229, 92, 93)
HSL	hsl(360, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(360, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.18, 53.30, 27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.18, 59.84, 27.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% 0.1578 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.171 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1195, 25.1075, 13.1927)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55C5D #5CE5E4

analogous

#E55CA1 #E55C5D #E59F5C

triadic

#E55C5D #5DE55C #5C5DE5

tetradic

#E55C5D #A1E55C #5CE5E4 #9F5CE5

square

#E55C5D #A1E55C #5CE5E4 #9F5CE5

split-complementary

#E55C5D #5CE59F #5CA1E5

monochromatic

#AB1B1C #DD2729 #E55C5D #ED9191 #F6C6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#E55C5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#E55C5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55C5D

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55C5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55C5D	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E775C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1945A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55c5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 92, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.171 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48f8b',
    500: '#e55c5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55c5d;
$custom-light: #f48f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55c5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.562,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65136,
    "c": 0.171,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55C5D

secondary

#B6E7E7

accent

#D5D311

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55C5D

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

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