#E55E66#E55E66
#E55E66 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.168 H 19.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55E66 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 94, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(356, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(356, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59%, 55.5%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.68, 53.05, 22.66) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.68, 57.69, 23.13°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.57% 0.1584 0.056) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.57% 0.168 19.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.7174, 25.6276, 15.4756) |
| Luminance | 0.2562 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.13
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.64
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.92
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 5.45
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 6.20
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 6.22
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55E66 #5EE5DD
analogous
#E55EAA #E55E66 #E5995E
triadic
#E55E66 #66E55E #5E66E5
tetradic
#E55E66 #AAE55E #5EE5DD #995EE5
square
#E55E66 #AAE55E #5EE5DD #995EE5
split-complementary
#E55E66 #5EE599 #5EAAE5
monochromatic
#AD1C24 #DC2934 #E55E66 #EE9398 #F6C7CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.43
#E55E66 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.12
#E55E66 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55E66
6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55E66 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55E66 | 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)
#7E7965
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A09563
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F94762
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55e66; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.168 19.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f39191',
500: '#e55e66',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55e66; $custom-light: #f39191; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55e66",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 94,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 356.444,
"s": 72.193,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65567,
"c": 0.16801,
"h": 19.5
},
"luminance": 0.25623
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55E66
secondary
#B7E7E5
accent
#D4C911
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D