#E55D50#E55D50

#E55D50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.172 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55D50
RGB	rgb(229, 93, 80)
HSL	hsl(5, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.14, 52.02, 34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.14, 62.46, 33.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.1515 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.172 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6791, 25.0709, 10.4429)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55D50 #50D8E5

analogous

#E5508D #E55D50 #E5A750

triadic

#E55D50 #50E55D #5D50E5

tetradic

#E55D50 #8DE550 #50D8E5 #A750E5

square

#E55D50 #8DE550 #50D8E5 #A750E5

split-complementary

#E55D50 #50E5A7 #508DE5

monochromatic

#A22418 #D83020 #E55D50 #ED8E85 #F5C0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#E55D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#E55D50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55D50

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55D50	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	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)

#81774E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB415B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 93, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.172 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49081',
    500: '#e55d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55d50;
$custom-light: #f49081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.235,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65043,
    "c": 0.17188,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55D50

secondary

#ACE0E5

accent

#C5D60F

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55D50

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

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