#E55E59#E55E59

#E55E59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.169 H 25.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55E59
RGB	rgb(229, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(2, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, 52.13, 29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 60.07, 29.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% 0.1534 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.169 25)
XYZ	xyz(38.1225, 25.3896, 12.3424)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55E59 #59E0E5

analogous

#E5599A #E55E59 #E5A459

triadic

#E55E59 #59E55E #5E59E5

tetradic

#E55E59 #9AE559 #59E0E5 #A459E5

square

#E55E59 #9AE559 #59E0E5 #A459E5

split-complementary

#E55E59 #59E5A4 #599AE5

monochromatic

#A9201A #DD2B24 #E55E59 #ED918E #F6C5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#E55E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#E55E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55E59

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55E59	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.169 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49188',
    500: '#e55e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55e59;
$custom-light: #f49188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.143,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6532,
    "c": 0.16932,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.25385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55E59

secondary

#B3E5E6

accent

#CED510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55E59

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

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