#E55D55#E55D55

#E55D55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.171 H 26.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55D55
RGB	rgb(229, 93, 85)
HSL	hsl(3, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, 52.33, 31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 61.25, 31.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.1533 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.171 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8707, 25.1476, 11.4523)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55D55 #55DDE5

analogous

#E55595 #E55D55 #E5A555

triadic

#E55D55 #55E55D #5D55E5

tetradic

#E55D55 #95E555 #55DDE5 #A555E5

square

#E55D55 #95E555 #55DDE5 #A555E5

split-complementary

#E55D55 #55E5A5 #5595E5

monochromatic

#A62119 #DB2C22 #E55D55 #ED908A #F5C2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#E55D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#E55D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55D55

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55D55	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	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)

#807753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 93, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.171 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49085',
    500: '#e55d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55d55;
$custom-light: #f49085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65123,
    "c": 0.171,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55D55

secondary

#B0E3E6

accent

#CBD610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55D55

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

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