#E55F50#E55F50

#E55F50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.170 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55F50
RGB	rgb(229, 95, 80)
HSL	hsl(6, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, 51.12, 34.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 61.94, 34.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.1487 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.17 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8569, 25.4266, 10.5022)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55F50 #50D6E5

analogous

#E5508C #E55F50 #E5A950

triadic

#E55F50 #50E55F #5F50E5

tetradic

#E55F50 #8CE550 #50D6E5 #A950E5

square

#E55F50 #8CE550 #50D6E5 #A950E5

split-complementary

#E55F50 #50E5A9 #508CE5

monochromatic

#A22618 #D83320 #E55F50 #ED9085 #F5C0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#E55F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#E55F50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55F50

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55F50	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)

#82784E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 95, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.170 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49181',
    500: '#e55f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55f50;
$custom-light: #f49181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.04,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65303,
    "c": 0.16984,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55F50

secondary

#ACDFE5

accent

#C2D60F

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55F50

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

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