#E55E5F#E55E5F
#E55E5F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.169 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55E5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 94, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(360, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(360, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59%, 58.5%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.55, 52.54, 26.54) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.55, 58.86, 26.80°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.43% 0.1557 0.0645) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.43% 0.169 22.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.3848, 25.4945, 13.7239) |
| Luminance | 0.2549 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.78
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.51
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.60
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.69
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.75
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.77
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55E5F #5EE5E4
analogous
#E55EA2 #E55E5F #E5A15E
triadic
#E55E5F #5FE55E #5E5FE5
tetradic
#E55E5F #A2E55E #5EE5E4 #A15EE5
square
#E55E5F #A2E55E #5EE5E4 #A15EE5
split-complementary
#E55E5F #5EE5A1 #5EA2E5
monochromatic
#AD1C1D #DC292B #E55E5F #EE9393 #F6C7C8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.44
#E55E5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.10
#E55E5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55E5F
6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55E5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55E5F | 1.00 | 3.44 | 6.10 | 6.10 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.44 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7F785E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1955C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA4560
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55e5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.169 22.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3918c',
500: '#e55e5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55e5f; $custom-light: #f3918c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55e5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 94,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 359.556,
"s": 72.193,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65429,
"c": 0.16856,
"h": 22.5
},
"luminance": 0.2549
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55E5F
secondary
#B7E7E7
accent
#D4D311
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D