#E55E55#E55E55

#E55E55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.170 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55E55
RGB	rgb(229, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(4, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.39, 51.87, 32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.39, 60.97, 31.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.1519 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.17 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9591, 25.3242, 11.4818)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55E55 #55DCE5

analogous

#E55594 #E55E55 #E5A655

triadic

#E55E55 #55E55E #5E55E5

tetradic

#E55E55 #94E555 #55DCE5 #A655E5

square

#E55E55 #94E555 #55DCE5 #A655E5

split-complementary

#E55E55 #55E5A6 #5594E5

monochromatic

#A62219 #DB2D22 #E55E55 #ED908A #F5C3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#E55E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#E55E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55E55

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55E55	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)

#817853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.170 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49085',
    500: '#e55e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55e55;
$custom-light: #f49085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65252,
    "c": 0.16995,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55E55

secondary

#B0E2E6

accent

#C9D610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55E55

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

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