#E55E6D#E55E6D
#E55E6D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.168 H 16.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55E6D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 94, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(353, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(353, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59%, 52.4%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.82, 53.61, 18.78) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.82, 56.80, 19.31°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.72% 0.1611 0.0471) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.72% 0.168 16.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.0793, 25.7723, 17.3817) |
| Luminance | 0.2577 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Rose (survey)
#CF6275
ΔE00 5.12
Pinkish
#D46A7E
ΔE00 5.50
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 5.70
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 5.93
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 5.96
Watermelon
#FC6C85
ΔE00 6.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55E6D #5EE5D6
analogous
#E55EB1 #E55E6D #E5925E
triadic
#E55E6D #6DE55E #5E6DE5
tetradic
#E55E6D #B1E55E #5EE5D6 #925EE5
square
#E55E6D #B1E55E #5EE5D6 #925EE5
split-complementary
#E55E6D #5EE592 #5EB1E5
monochromatic
#AD1C2C #DC293D #E55E6D #EE939D #F6C7CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.41
#E55E6D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.15
#E55E6D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55E6D
6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55E6D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55E6D | 1.00 | 3.41 | 6.15 | 6.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.41 | 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)
#7D796D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0956A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F94864
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55e6d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.168 16.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f39196',
500: '#e55e6d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55e6d; $custom-light: #f39196; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55e6d",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 94,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 353.333,
"s": 72.193,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65716,
"c": 0.16784,
"h": 16.3
},
"luminance": 0.25768
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55E6D
secondary
#B7E7E2
accent
#D4BF11
background
#FFF9F9
surface
#FFF1F2
border
#D7CBCC
text
#180D0D
muted
#867E7E