#E55E52#E55E52

#E55E52 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.170 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55E52
RGB	rgb(229, 94, 82)
HSL	hsl(5, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, 51.69, 33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 61.70, 33.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% 0.1508 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.17 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8424, 25.2776, 10.8673)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55E52 #52D9E5

analogous

#E5528F #E55E52 #E5A752

triadic

#E55E52 #52E55E #5E52E5

tetradic

#E55E52 #8FE552 #52D9E5 #A752E5

square

#E55E52 #8FE552 #52D9E5 #A752E5

split-complementary

#E55E52 #52E5A7 #528FE5

monochromatic

#A42419 #D93021 #E55E52 #ED9087 #F5C1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#E55E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#E55E52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55E52

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55E52	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)

#817750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.170 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49083',
    500: '#e55e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55e52;
$custom-light: #f49083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.898,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65204,
    "c": 0.17048,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55E52

secondary

#AEE1E5

accent

#C6D610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55E52

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

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