#E55E54#E55E54

#E55E54 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.170 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55E54
RGB	rgb(229, 94, 84)
HSL	hsl(4, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 63.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, 51.81, 32.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 61.21, 32.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.1516 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.17 27)
XYZ	xyz(37.9196, 25.3085, 11.2740)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55E54 #54DBE5

analogous

#E55493 #E55E54 #E5A754

triadic

#E55E54 #54E55E #5E54E5

tetradic

#E55E54 #93E554 #54DBE5 #A754E5

square

#E55E54 #93E554 #54DBE5 #A754E5

split-complementary

#E55E54 #54E5A7 #5493E5

monochromatic

#A52319 #DB2E21 #E55E54 #ED9089 #F5C2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#E55E54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#E55E54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55E54

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55E54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55E54	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	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)

#817852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55e54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.170 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49084',
    500: '#e55e54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55e54;
$custom-light: #f49084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55e54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.138,
    "s": 73.604,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65236,
    "c": 0.17012,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.25304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55E54

secondary

#AFE2E6

accent

#C8D610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55E54

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

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