#E55C6D#E55C6D
#E55C6D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.170 H 15.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55C6D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 92, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(353, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(353, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 52.4%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.48, 54.50, 18.32) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.48, 57.50, 18.58°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.46% 0.1639 0.046) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.46% 0.17 15.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.9038, 25.4213, 17.3231) |
| Luminance | 0.2542 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Rose (survey)
#CF6275
ΔE00 4.90
Pinkish
#D46A7E
ΔE00 5.40
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 5.81
Warm Pink
#FB5581
ΔE00 6.03
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 6.06
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 6.18
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55C6D #5CE5D4
analogous
#E55CB1 #E55C6D #E58F5C
triadic
#E55C6D #6DE55C #5C6DE5
tetradic
#E55C6D #B1E55C #5CE5D4 #8F5CE5
square
#E55C6D #B1E55C #5CE5D4 #8F5CE5
split-complementary
#E55C6D #5CE58F #5CB1E5
monochromatic
#AB1B2D #DD273E #E55C6D #ED919C #F6C6CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.45
#E55C6D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.08
#E55C6D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55C6D
6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55C6D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55C6D | 1.00 | 3.45 | 6.08 | 6.08 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.45 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7C786D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F956A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F94663
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55c6d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 92, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.170 15.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f39096',
500: '#e55c6d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55c6d; $custom-light: #f39096; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55c6d",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 92,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 352.555,
"s": 72.487,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65463,
"c": 0.17026,
"h": 15.7
},
"luminance": 0.25416
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55C6D
secondary
#B6E7E1
accent
#D5BC11
background
#FFF9F9
surface
#FFF1F2
border
#D7CBCC
text
#180D0D
muted
#867E7E