#E55D54#E55D54
#E55D54 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.171 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55D54 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 93, 84) |
| HSL | hsl(4, 74%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(4, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 63.3%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.20, 52.26, 32.38) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.20, 61.48, 31.78°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.11% 0.153 0.0768) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.11% 0.171 26.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.8313, 25.1318, 11.2446) |
| Luminance | 0.2513 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.12
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.38
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.06
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.06
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.58
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 5.50
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55D54 #54DCE5
analogous
#E55494 #E55D54 #E5A654
triadic
#E55D54 #54E55D #5D54E5
tetradic
#E55D54 #94E554 #54DCE5 #A654E5
square
#E55D54 #94E554 #54DCE5 #A654E5
split-complementary
#E55D54 #54E5A6 #5494E5
monochromatic
#A52219 #DB2D21 #E55D54 #ED8F89 #F5C2BE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.49
#E55D54 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.03
#E55D54 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55D54
6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55D54 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55D54 | 1.00 | 3.49 | 6.03 | 6.03 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.03 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.03 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#807752
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A29451
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA415C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55d54; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 93, 84); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.171 26.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f49084',
500: '#e55d54',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55d54; $custom-light: #f49084; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55d54",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 93,
"b": 84
},
"hsl": {
"h": 3.724,
"s": 73.604,
"l": 61.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65107,
"c": 0.17117,
"h": 26.7
},
"luminance": 0.25127
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55D54
secondary
#AFE2E6
accent
#C9D610
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1EF
border
#D7CBCA
text
#180D0B
muted
#867E7C