#E55E5A#E55E5A

#E55E5A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.169 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55E5A
RGB	rgb(229, 94, 90)
HSL	hsl(2, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, 52.20, 29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 59.86, 29.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% 0.1538 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.169 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1648, 25.4065, 12.5651)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55E5A #5AE1E5

analogous

#E55A9B #E55E5A #E5A45A

triadic

#E55E5A #5AE55E #5E5AE5

tetradic

#E55E5A #9BE55A #5AE1E5 #A45AE5

square

#E55E5A #9BE55A #5AE1E5 #A45AE5

split-complementary

#E55E5A #5AE5A4 #5A9BE5

monochromatic

#AA1F1B #DD2A25 #E55E5A #ED928F #F6C5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#E55E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#E55E5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55E5A

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55E5A	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	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)

#807859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.169 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49188',
    500: '#e55e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55e5a;
$custom-light: #f49188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.727,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65338,
    "c": 0.16918,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55E5A

secondary

#B4E5E7

accent

#CFD511

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55E5A

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

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