#E55E4F#E55E4F
#E55E4F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.171 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55E4F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 94, 79) |
| HSL | hsl(6, 74%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(6, 66%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59%, 65.5%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.30, 51.51, 35.31) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.30, 62.46, 34.43°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.16% 0.1497 0.0828) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.16% 0.171 28.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.7307, 25.2329, 10.2792) |
| Luminance | 0.2523 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 3.90
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.98
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.46
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.60
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.18
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 5.96
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55E4F #4FD6E5
analogous
#E54F8B #E55E4F #E5A94F
triadic
#E55E4F #4FE55E #5E4FE5
tetradic
#E55E4F #8BE54F #4FD6E5 #A94FE5
square
#E55E4F #8BE54F #4FD6E5 #A94FE5
split-complementary
#E55E4F #4FE5A9 #4F8BE5
monochromatic
#A22618 #D73220 #E55E4F #ED8F84 #F5C0BA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.47
#E55E4F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.05
#E55E4F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55E4F
6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55E4F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55E4F | 1.00 | 3.47 | 6.05 | 6.05 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.47 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.05 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.05 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#81774D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3954B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB425B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55e4f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 79); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.171 28.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f49081',
500: '#e55e4f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55e4f; $custom-light: #f49081; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55e4f",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 94,
"b": 79
},
"hsl": {
"h": 6,
"s": 74.257,
"l": 60.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65157,
"c": 0.17106,
"h": 28.9
},
"luminance": 0.25228
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55E4F
secondary
#ABDFE5
accent
#C2D60F
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180D0A
muted
#867E7C