#E55F4E#E55F4E
#E55F4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.170 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55F4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 95, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(7, 74%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(7, 66%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 65.9%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.46, 51.00, 36.07) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.46, 62.47, 35.27°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.27% 0.1479 0.0843) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.27% 0.17 29.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.7841, 25.3975, 10.1188) |
| Luminance | 0.2539 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 3.99
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.38
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.86
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.96
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.52
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 5.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55F4E #4ED4E5
analogous
#E54E88 #E55F4E #E5AA4E
triadic
#E55F4E #4EE55F #5F4EE5
tetradic
#E55F4E #88E54E #4ED4E5 #AA4EE5
square
#E55F4E #88E54E #4ED4E5 #AA4EE5
split-complementary
#E55F4E #4EE5AA #4E88E5
monochromatic
#A12718 #D6341F #E55F4E #ED8F83 #F5BFB9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.45
#E55F4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.08
#E55F4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55F4E
6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55F4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55F4E | 1.00 | 3.45 | 6.08 | 6.08 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.45 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#82784C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4954B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB435C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55f4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 95, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.170 29.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f49180',
500: '#e55f4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55f4e; $custom-light: #f49180; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55f4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 95,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 6.755,
"s": 74.384,
"l": 60.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65273,
"c": 0.17025,
"h": 29.7
},
"luminance": 0.25392
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55F4E
secondary
#AADEE4
accent
#C0D70F
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180D0A
muted
#867E7C