#E55E57#E55E57

#E55E57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.170 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55E57
RGB	rgb(229, 94, 87)
HSL	hsl(3, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, 52.00, 30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 60.51, 30.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% 0.1527 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.17 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0397, 25.3565, 11.9061)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55E57 #57DEE5

analogous

#E55797 #E55E57 #E5A557

triadic

#E55E57 #57E55E #5E57E5

tetradic

#E55E57 #97E557 #57DEE5 #A557E5

square

#E55E57 #97E557 #57DEE5 #A557E5

split-complementary

#E55E57 #57E5A5 #5797E5

monochromatic

#A8211A #DD2B22 #E55E57 #ED918C #F5C4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#E55E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#E55E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55E57

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55E57	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.170 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49086',
    500: '#e55e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55e57;
$custom-light: #f49086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.958,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65286,
    "c": 0.16962,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55E57

secondary

#B2E4E6

accent

#CCD510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55E57

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

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