#E55E4C#E55E4C
#E55E4C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.172 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55E4C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 94, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(7, 75%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(7, 67%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59%, 66.8%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.26, 51.35, 36.93) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.26, 63.25, 35.73°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.11% 0.1486 0.0859) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.11% 0.172 30) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.6240, 25.1902, 9.7171) |
| Luminance | 0.2519 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.13
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.45
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.10
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 5.19
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 5.51
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55E4C #4CD3E5
analogous
#E54C86 #E55E4C #E5AB4C
triadic
#E55E4C #4CE55E #5E4CE5
tetradic
#E55E4C #86E54C #4CD3E5 #AB4CE5
square
#E55E4C #86E54C #4CD3E5 #AB4CE5
split-complementary
#E55E4C #4CE5AB #4C86E5
monochromatic
#9F2717 #D5341F #E55E4C #ED8E81 #F5BEB7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.48
#E55E4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.04
#E55E4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55E4C
6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55E4C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55E4C | 1.00 | 3.48 | 6.04 | 6.04 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.04 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.04 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#82774A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A39448
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB415A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55e4c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.172 30.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4907e',
500: '#e55e4c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55e4c; $custom-light: #f4907e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55e4c",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 94,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 7.059,
"s": 74.634,
"l": 59.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65113,
"c": 0.17168,
"h": 30
},
"luminance": 0.25185
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55E4C
secondary
#A9DDE4
accent
#DBF137
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180D0A
muted
#867E7C