#E55F55#E55F55

#E55F55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.169 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55F55
RGB	rgb(229, 95, 85)
HSL	hsl(4, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 51.42, 32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 60.70, 32.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.1505 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.169 27)
XYZ	xyz(38.0486, 25.5032, 11.5116)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55F55 #55DBE5

analogous

#E55593 #E55F55 #E5A755

triadic

#E55F55 #55E55F #5F55E5

tetradic

#E55F55 #93E555 #55DBE5 #A755E5

square

#E55F55 #93E555 #55DBE5 #A755E5

split-complementary

#E55F55 #55E5A7 #5593E5

monochromatic

#A62319 #DB2E22 #E55F55 #ED918A #F5C3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#E55F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#E55F55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55F55

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55F55	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 95, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.169 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49185',
    500: '#e55f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55f55;
$custom-light: #f49185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.167,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65382,
    "c": 0.16889,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.25498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55F55

secondary

#B0E2E6

accent

#C8D610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55F55

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

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