#E55F4F#E55F4F
#E55F4F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.170 H 29.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55F4F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 95, 79) |
| HSL | hsl(6, 74%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(6, 66%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 65.5%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.47, 51.06, 35.52) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.47, 62.20, 34.83°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.29% 0.1483 0.0832) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.29% 0.17 29.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.8202, 25.4119, 10.3090) |
| Luminance | 0.2541 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 3.92
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.24
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.70
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.73
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.37
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 5.75
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55F4F #4FD5E5
analogous
#E54F8A #E55F4F #E5AA4F
triadic
#E55F4F #4FE55F #5F4FE5
tetradic
#E55F4F #8AE54F #4FD5E5 #AA4FE5
square
#E55F4F #8AE54F #4FD5E5 #AA4FE5
split-complementary
#E55F4F #4FE5AA #4F8AE5
monochromatic
#A22718 #D73320 #E55F4F #ED8F84 #F5C0BA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.45
#E55F4F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.08
#E55F4F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55F4F
6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55F4F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55F4F | 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)
#82784D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3954C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB435C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55f4f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 95, 79); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.170 29.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f49181',
500: '#e55f4f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55f4f; $custom-light: #f49181; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55f4f",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 95,
"b": 79
},
"hsl": {
"h": 6.4,
"s": 74.257,
"l": 60.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65288,
"c": 0.17005,
"h": 29.3
},
"luminance": 0.25407
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55F4F
secondary
#ABDEE5
accent
#C1D60F
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180D0A
muted
#867E7C