#E55E64#E55E64
#E55E64 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.168 H 20.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55E64 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 94, 100) |
| HSL | hsl(357, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(357, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59%, 56.3%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.64, 52.90, 23.77) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.64, 58.00, 24.20°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.53% 0.1576 0.0585) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.53% 0.168 20.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.6194, 25.5884, 14.9595) |
| Luminance | 0.2558 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.67
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.50
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.76
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 5.17
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 5.71
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.76
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55E64 #5EE5DF
analogous
#E55EA7 #E55E64 #E59B5E
triadic
#E55E64 #64E55E #5E64E5
tetradic
#E55E64 #A7E55E #5EE5DF #9B5EE5
square
#E55E64 #A7E55E #5EE5DF #9B5EE5
split-complementary
#E55E64 #5EE59B #5EA7E5
monochromatic
#AD1C22 #DC2931 #E55E64 #EE9397 #F6C7C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.43
#E55E64 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.12
#E55E64 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55E64
6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55E64 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55E64 | 1.00 | 3.43 | 6.12 | 6.12 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.43 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7F7963
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A19561
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA4661
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55e64; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 100); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.168 20.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f39190',
500: '#e55e64',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55e64; $custom-light: #f39190; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55e64",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 94,
"b": 100
},
"hsl": {
"h": 357.333,
"s": 72.193,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65526,
"c": 0.16813,
"h": 20.3
},
"luminance": 0.25584
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55E64
secondary
#B7E7E5
accent
#D4CC11
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D