#E55E4E#E55E4E

#E55E4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.171 H 29.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55E4E
RGB	rgb(229, 94, 78)
HSL	hsl(6, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, 51.46, 35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 62.72, 34.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% 0.1494 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.171 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6946, 25.2185, 10.0890)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55E4E #4ED5E5

analogous

#E54E89 #E55E4E #E5AA4E

triadic

#E55E4E #4EE55E #5E4EE5

tetradic

#E55E4E #89E54E #4ED5E5 #AA4EE5

square

#E55E4E #89E54E #4ED5E5 #AA4EE5

split-complementary

#E55E4E #4EE5AA #4E89E5

monochromatic

#A12618 #D6331F #E55E4E #ED8F83 #F5BFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#E55E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#E55E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55E4E

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55E4E	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)

#82774C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.171 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49080',
    500: '#e55e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55e4e;
$custom-light: #f49080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.358,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65142,
    "c": 0.17126,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55E4E

secondary

#AADEE4

accent

#C1D70F

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55E4E

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

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