#E55E51#E55E51

#E55E51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.171 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55E51
RGB	rgb(229, 94, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, 51.63, 34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 61.95, 33.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.1504 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.171 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8046, 25.2625, 10.6684)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55E51 #51D8E5

analogous

#E5518E #E55E51 #E5A851

triadic

#E55E51 #51E55E #5E51E5

tetradic

#E55E51 #8EE551 #51D8E5 #A851E5

square

#E55E51 #8EE551 #51D8E5 #A851E5

split-complementary

#E55E51 #51E5A8 #518EE5

monochromatic

#A32518 #D83120 #E55E51 #ED8F86 #F5C1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#E55E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#E55E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55E51

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55E51	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)

#81774F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.171 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49082',
    500: '#e55e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55e51;
$custom-light: #f49082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.27,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65188,
    "c": 0.17067,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55E51

secondary

#ADE0E5

accent

#C5D60F

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55E51

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

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