#E55E62#E55E62

#E55E62 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.168 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55E62
RGB	rgb(229, 94, 98)
HSL	hsl(358, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(358, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, 52.75, 24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 58.33, 25.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.1569 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.168 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5238, 25.5501, 14.4559)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55E62 #5EE5E1

analogous

#E55EA5 #E55E62 #E59D5E

triadic

#E55E62 #62E55E #5E62E5

tetradic

#E55E62 #A5E55E #5EE5E1 #9D5EE5

square

#E55E62 #A5E55E #5EE5E1 #9D5EE5

split-complementary

#E55E62 #5EE59D #5EA5E5

monochromatic

#AD1C20 #DC292F #E55E62 #EE9395 #F6C7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#E55E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#E55E62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55E62

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55E62	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)

#7F7961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1955F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.168 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3918e',
    500: '#e55e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55e62;
$custom-light: #f3918e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.222,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65487,
    "c": 0.16828,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55E62

secondary

#B7E7E6

accent

#D4CE11

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55E62

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

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