#E55E61#E55E61

#E55E61 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.168 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55E61
RGB	rgb(229, 94, 97)
HSL	hsl(359, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, 52.68, 25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 58.50, 25.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.1565 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.168 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4769, 25.5314, 14.2088)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55E61 #5EE5E2

analogous

#E55EA4 #E55E61 #E59E5E

triadic

#E55E61 #61E55E #5E61E5

tetradic

#E55E61 #A4E55E #5EE5E2 #9E5EE5

square

#E55E61 #A4E55E #5EE5E2 #9E5EE5

split-complementary

#E55E61 #5EE59E #5EA4E5

monochromatic

#AD1C1F #DC292D #E55E61 #EE9395 #F6C7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#E55E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#E55E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55E61

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55E61	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1955E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.168 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3918e',
    500: '#e55e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55e61;
$custom-light: #f3918e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.667,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65467,
    "c": 0.16836,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55E61

secondary

#B7E7E6

accent

#D4D011

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55E61

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

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