#E55E50#E55E50

#E55E50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.171 H 28.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55E50
RGB	rgb(229, 94, 80)
HSL	hsl(6, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 51.57, 34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 62.20, 33.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.1501 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.171 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7674, 25.2476, 10.4724)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55E50 #50D7E5

analogous

#E5508C #E55E50 #E5A950

triadic

#E55E50 #50E55E #5E50E5

tetradic

#E55E50 #8CE550 #50D7E5 #A950E5

square

#E55E50 #8CE550 #50D7E5 #A950E5

split-complementary

#E55E50 #50E5A9 #508CE5

monochromatic

#A22518 #D83120 #E55E50 #ED8F85 #F5C0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#E55E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#E55E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55E50

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55E50	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)

#81774E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.171 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49081',
    500: '#e55e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55e50;
$custom-light: #f49081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.638,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65172,
    "c": 0.17086,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55E50

secondary

#ACDFE5

accent

#C4D60F

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55E50

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

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