#E55E6C#E55E6C
#E55E6C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.168 H 16.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55E6C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 94, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(354, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(354, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59%, 52.8%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.80, 53.52, 19.34) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.80, 56.91, 19.86°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.69% 0.1607 0.0484) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.69% 0.168 16.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.0258, 25.7509, 17.0998) |
| Luminance | 0.2575 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Rose (survey)
#CF6275
ΔE00 5.32
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 5.51
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 5.68
Pinkish
#D46A7E
ΔE00 5.73
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 5.75
Watermelon
#FC6C85
ΔE00 6.41
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55E6C #5EE5D7
analogous
#E55EAF #E55E6C #E5935E
triadic
#E55E6C #6CE55E #5E6CE5
tetradic
#E55E6C #AFE55E #5EE5D7 #935EE5
square
#E55E6C #AFE55E #5EE5D7 #935EE5
split-complementary
#E55E6C #5EE593 #5EAFE5
monochromatic
#AD1C2B #DC293C #E55E6C #EE939C #F6C7CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.42
#E55E6C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.15
#E55E6C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55E6C
6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55E6C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55E6C | 1.00 | 3.42 | 6.15 | 6.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.42 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7D796C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A09569
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F94864
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55e6c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.168 16.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f39196',
500: '#e55e6c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55e6c; $custom-light: #f39196; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55e6c",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 94,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 353.778,
"s": 72.193,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65694,
"c": 0.16784,
"h": 16.7
},
"luminance": 0.25746
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55E6C
secondary
#B7E7E2
accent
#D4C011
background
#FFF9F9
surface
#FFF1F1
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0D
muted
#867E7E