#E55D51#E55D51

#E55D51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.172 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55D51
RGB	rgb(229, 93, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, 52.08, 34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 62.21, 33.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% 0.1519 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.172 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7163, 25.0858, 10.6389)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55D51 #51D9E5

analogous

#E5518F #E55D51 #E5A751

triadic

#E55D51 #51E55D #5D51E5

tetradic

#E55D51 #8FE551 #51D9E5 #A751E5

square

#E55D51 #8FE551 #51D9E5 #A751E5

split-complementary

#E55D51 #51E5A7 #518FE5

monochromatic

#A32418 #D82F20 #E55D51 #ED8F86 #F5C0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#E55D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#E55D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55D51

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55D51	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)

#80774F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB415B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 93, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.172 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49082',
    500: '#e55d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55d51;
$custom-light: #f49082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.865,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65059,
    "c": 0.1717,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55D51

secondary

#ADE0E5

accent

#C6D60F

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55D51

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

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