#E55D5F#E55D5F
#E55D5F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.170 H 22.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55D5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 93, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(359, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(359, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 58.5%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.38, 52.99, 26.32) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.38, 59.16, 26.41°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.3% 0.1571 0.064) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.3% 0.17 22.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.2965, 25.3178, 13.6944) |
| Luminance | 0.2531 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.74
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.38
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.60
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.62
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.89
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55D5F #5DE5E3
analogous
#E55DA3 #E55D5F #E59F5D
triadic
#E55D5F #5FE55D #5D5FE5
tetradic
#E55D5F #A3E55D #5DE5E3 #9F5DE5
square
#E55D5F #A3E55D #5DE5E3 #9F5DE5
split-complementary
#E55D5F #5DE59F #5DA3E5
monochromatic
#AC1C1E #DD282B #E55D5F #ED9293 #F6C6C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.46
#E55D5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.06
#E55D5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55D5F
6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55D5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55D5F | 1.00 | 3.46 | 6.06 | 6.06 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.46 | 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)
#7F785E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1955C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA445F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55d5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 93, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.170 22.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3908c',
500: '#e55d5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55d5f; $custom-light: #f3908c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55d5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 93,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 359.118,
"s": 72.34,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65301,
"c": 0.16968,
"h": 22.2
},
"luminance": 0.25313
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55D5F
secondary
#B7E7E7
accent
#D4D211
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D