#E55E72#E55E72

#E55E72 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.168 H 14.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55E72
RGB	rgb(229, 94, 114)
HSL	hsl(351, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(351, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 50.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 54.03, 16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 56.35, 16.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.163 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.168 14)
XYZ	xyz(39.3562, 25.8831, 18.8397)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55E72 #5EE5D1

analogous

#E55EB5 #E55E72 #E58D5E

triadic

#E55E72 #72E55E #5E72E5

tetradic

#E55E72 #B5E55E #5EE5D1 #8D5EE5

square

#E55E72 #B5E55E #5EE5D1 #8D5EE5

split-complementary

#E55E72 #5EE58D #5EB5E5

monochromatic

#AD1C31 #DC2944 #E55E72 #EE93A0 #F6C7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#E55E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#E55E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55E72

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55E72	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7A72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F956F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F94A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.168 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3919a',
    500: '#e55e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55e72;
$custom-light: #f3919a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.111,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65829,
    "c": 0.168,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.25878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55E72

secondary

#B7E7E0

accent

#D4B711

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF1F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#180D0E

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55E72

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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