#E55D52#E55D52
#E55D52 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.172 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55D52 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 93, 82) |
| HSL | hsl(4, 74%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(4, 64%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 64.2%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.17, 52.14, 33.47) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.17, 61.96, 32.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.08% 0.1522 0.079) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.08% 0.172 27.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.7541, 25.1009, 10.8379) |
| Luminance | 0.2510 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.45
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.52
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 3.93
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.19
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.70
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 5.74
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55D52 #52DAE5
analogous
#E55290 #E55D52 #E5A652
triadic
#E55D52 #52E55D #5D52E5
tetradic
#E55D52 #90E552 #52DAE5 #A652E5
square
#E55D52 #90E552 #52DAE5 #A652E5
split-complementary
#E55D52 #52E5A6 #5290E5
monochromatic
#A42319 #D92E21 #E55D52 #ED8F87 #F5C1BC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.49
#E55D52 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.02
#E55D52 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55D52
6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55D52 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55D52 | 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)
#807750
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2944F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA415B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55d52; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 93, 82); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.172 27.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f49083',
500: '#e55d52',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55d52; $custom-light: #f49083; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55d52",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 93,
"b": 82
},
"hsl": {
"h": 4.49,
"s": 73.869,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65075,
"c": 0.17152,
"h": 27.4
},
"luminance": 0.25096
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55D52
secondary
#AEE1E5
accent
#C7D610
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1EF
border
#D7CBCA
text
#180D0A
muted
#867E7C