#E55F51#E55F51

#E55F51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.170 H 28.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55F51
RGB	rgb(229, 95, 81)
HSL	hsl(6, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, 51.18, 34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 61.69, 33.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% 0.149 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.17 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8941, 25.4415, 10.6982)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55F51 #51D7E5

analogous

#E5518D #E55F51 #E5A951

triadic

#E55F51 #51E55F #5F51E5

tetradic

#E55F51 #8DE551 #51D7E5 #A951E5

square

#E55F51 #8DE551 #51D7E5 #A951E5

split-complementary

#E55F51 #51E5A9 #518DE5

monochromatic

#A32618 #D83220 #E55F51 #ED9086 #F5C1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#E55F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#E55F51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55F51

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55F51	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82784F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 95, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.170 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49182',
    500: '#e55f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55f51;
$custom-light: #f49182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.676,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65318,
    "c": 0.16964,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55F51

secondary

#ADE0E5

accent

#C3D60F

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55F51

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

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