#E55E6E#E55E6E
#E55E6E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.168 H 15.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55E6E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 94, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(353, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(353, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59%, 52%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.84, 53.69, 18.23) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.84, 56.70, 18.75°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.74% 0.1615 0.0458) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.74% 0.168 15.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.1335, 25.7940, 17.6668) |
| Luminance | 0.2579 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Rose (survey)
#CF6275
ΔE00 4.94
Pinkish
#D46A7E
ΔE00 5.28
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 5.90
Warm Pink
#FB5581
ΔE00 6.05
Watermelon
#FC6C85
ΔE00 6.11
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 6.12
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55E6E #5EE5D5
analogous
#E55EB1 #E55E6E #E5915E
triadic
#E55E6E #6EE55E #5E6EE5
tetradic
#E55E6E #B1E55E #5EE5D5 #915EE5
square
#E55E6E #B1E55E #5EE5D5 #915EE5
split-complementary
#E55E6E #5EE591 #5EB1E5
monochromatic
#AD1C2D #DC293F #E55E6E #EE939D #F6C7CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.41
#E55E6E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.16
#E55E6E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55E6E
6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55E6E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55E6E | 1.00 | 3.41 | 6.16 | 6.16 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.41 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7D7A6E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F956B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F94964
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55e6e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.168 15.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f39197',
500: '#e55e6e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55e6e; $custom-light: #f39197; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55e6e",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 94,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 352.889,
"s": 72.193,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65738,
"c": 0.16786,
"h": 15.8
},
"luminance": 0.25789
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55E6E
secondary
#B7E7E2
accent
#D4BD11
background
#FFF9F9
surface
#FFF1F2
border
#D7CBCC
text
#180D0D
muted
#867E7E