#E55D4A#E55D4A
#E55D4A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.173 H 30.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55D4A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 93, 74) |
| HSL | hsl(7, 75%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(7, 68%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 67.7%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.06, 51.69, 37.80) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.06, 64.04, 36.18°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.95% 0.1493 0.0875) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.95% 0.173 30.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.4672, 24.9861, 9.3271) |
| Luminance | 0.2498 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.30
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.54
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.35
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 5.43
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 5.46
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55D4A #4AD2E5
analogous
#E54A85 #E55D4A #E5AB4A
triadic
#E55D4A #4AE55D #5D4AE5
tetradic
#E55D4A #85E54A #4AD2E5 #AB4AE5
square
#E55D4A #85E54A #4AD2E5 #AB4AE5
split-complementary
#E55D4A #4AE5AB #4A85E5
monochromatic
#9E2717 #D3351E #E55D4A #ED8D80 #F4BDB5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.50
#E55D4A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.00
#E55D4A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55D4A
6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55D4A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55D4A | 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)
#817647
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A39446
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB4059
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55d4a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 93, 74); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.173 30.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5907d',
500: '#e55d4a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55d4a; $custom-light: #f5907d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55d4a",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 93,
"b": 74
},
"hsl": {
"h": 7.355,
"s": 74.879,
"l": 59.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64954,
"c": 0.17309,
"h": 30.4
},
"luminance": 0.24981
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55D4A
secondary
#A7DCE4
accent
#DBF136
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180D09
muted
#867E7B