#E55D60#E55D60
#E55D60 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.170 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55D60 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 93, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(359, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(359, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 58.1%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.40, 53.06, 25.76) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.40, 58.98, 25.90°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.32% 0.1575 0.0628) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.32% 0.17 21.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.3422, 25.3361, 13.9354) |
| Luminance | 0.2533 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.90
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.35
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.59
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.83
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.94
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.09
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55D60 #5DE5E2
analogous
#E55DA4 #E55D60 #E59E5D
triadic
#E55D60 #60E55D #5D60E5
tetradic
#E55D60 #A4E55D #5DE5E2 #9E5DE5
square
#E55D60 #A4E55D #5DE5E2 #9E5DE5
split-complementary
#E55D60 #5DE59E #5DA4E5
monochromatic
#AC1C1F #DD282C #E55D60 #ED9294 #F6C6C8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.46
#E55D60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.07
#E55D60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55D60
6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55D60 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55D60 | 1.00 | 3.46 | 6.07 | 6.07 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.46 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.07 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.07 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7F785F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1955D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA445F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55d60; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 93, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.170 21.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3908d',
500: '#e55d60',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55d60; $custom-light: #f3908d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55d60",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 93,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 358.676,
"s": 72.34,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.6532,
"c": 0.16958,
"h": 21.7
},
"luminance": 0.25331
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55D60
secondary
#B7E7E6
accent
#D4D011
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D