#E55E63#E55E63
#E55E63 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.168 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55E63 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 94, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(358, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(358, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59%, 56.8%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.63, 52.83, 24.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.63, 58.16, 24.73°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.51% 0.1573 0.0597) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.51% 0.168 20.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.5713, 25.5691, 14.7061) |
| Luminance | 0.2556 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.45
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.45
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.71
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 5.05
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 5.47
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.54
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55E63 #5EE5E0
analogous
#E55EA6 #E55E63 #E59C5E
triadic
#E55E63 #63E55E #5E63E5
tetradic
#E55E63 #A6E55E #5EE5E0 #9C5EE5
square
#E55E63 #A6E55E #5EE5E0 #9C5EE5
split-complementary
#E55E63 #5EE59C #5EA6E5
monochromatic
#AD1C21 #DC2930 #E55E63 #EE9396 #F6C7C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.44
#E55E63 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.11
#E55E63 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55E63
6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55E63 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55E63 | 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)
#7F7962
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A19560
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA4661
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55e63; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.168 20.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3918f',
500: '#e55e63',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55e63; $custom-light: #f3918f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55e63",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 94,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 357.778,
"s": 72.193,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65506,
"c": 0.16819,
"h": 20.8
},
"luminance": 0.25564
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55E63
secondary
#B7E7E6
accent
#D4CD11
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D