#E55C61#E55C61

#E55C61 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.171 H 21.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55C61
RGB	rgb(229, 92, 97)
HSL	hsl(358, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(358, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, 53.58, 24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 59.12, 25.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% 0.1593 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.171 21)
XYZ	xyz(38.3013, 25.1803, 14.1503)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55C61 #5CE5E0

analogous

#E55CA6 #E55C61 #E59B5C

triadic

#E55C61 #61E55C #5C61E5

tetradic

#E55C61 #A6E55C #5CE5E0 #9B5CE5

square

#E55C61 #A6E55C #5CE5E0 #9B5CE5

split-complementary

#E55C61 #5CE59B #5CA6E5

monochromatic

#AB1B21 #DD272E #E55C61 #ED9194 #F6C6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#E55C61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#E55C61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55C61

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55C61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55C61	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0945E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55c61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 92, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.171 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38f8d',
    500: '#e55c61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55c61;
$custom-light: #f38f8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55c61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.81,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65212,
    "c": 0.17062,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.25175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55C61

secondary

#B6E7E5

accent

#D5CD11

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55C61

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

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