#E55E53#E55E53

#E55E53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.170 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55E53
RGB	rgb(229, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(5, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, 51.75, 33.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 61.45, 32.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.1512 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.17 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8807, 25.2929, 11.0692)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55E53 #53DAE5

analogous

#E55391 #E55E53 #E5A753

triadic

#E55E53 #53E55E #5E53E5

tetradic

#E55E53 #91E553 #53DAE5 #A753E5

square

#E55E53 #91E553 #53DAE5 #A753E5

split-complementary

#E55E53 #53E5A7 #5391E5

monochromatic

#A52319 #DA2F21 #E55E53 #ED9088 #F5C2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#E55E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#E55E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55E53

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55E53	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.170 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49083',
    500: '#e55e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55e53;
$custom-light: #f49083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.521,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6522,
    "c": 0.1703,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55E53

secondary

#AEE1E5

accent

#C7D610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55E53

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

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