#E55D5E#E55D5E
#E55D5E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.170 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55D5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 93, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(360, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(360, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 59%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.37, 52.92, 26.87) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.37, 59.35, 26.92°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.28% 0.1568 0.0652) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.28% 0.17 22.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.2513, 25.2998, 13.4566) |
| Luminance | 0.2530 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.61
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.42
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.44
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.63
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.73
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.85
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55D5E #5DE5E4
analogous
#E55DA2 #E55D5E #E5A05D
triadic
#E55D5E #5EE55D #5D5EE5
tetradic
#E55D5E #A2E55D #5DE5E4 #A05DE5
square
#E55D5E #A2E55D #5DE5E4 #A05DE5
split-complementary
#E55D5E #5DE5A0 #5DA2E5
monochromatic
#AC1C1D #DD282A #E55D5E #ED9292 #F6C6C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.47
#E55D5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.06
#E55D5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55D5E
6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55D5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55D5E | 1.00 | 3.47 | 6.06 | 6.06 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.47 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.06 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.06 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7F785D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1955B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA445F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55d5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 93, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.170 22.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4908b',
500: '#e55d5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55d5e; $custom-light: #f4908b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55d5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 93,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 359.559,
"s": 72.34,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65282,
"c": 0.16978,
"h": 22.6
},
"luminance": 0.25295
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55D5E
secondary
#B7E7E7
accent
#D4D311
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D