#E55F56#E55F56

#E55F56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.169 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55F56
RGB	rgb(229, 95, 86)
HSL	hsl(4, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(4, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, 51.48, 31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 60.47, 31.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.1509 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.169 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0886, 25.5192, 11.7223)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E55F56 #56DCE5

analogous

#E55695 #E55F56 #E5A756

triadic

#E55F56 #56E55F #5F56E5

tetradic

#E55F56 #95E556 #56DCE5 #A756E5

square

#E55F56 #95E556 #56DCE5 #A756E5

split-complementary

#E55F56 #56E5A7 #5695E5

monochromatic

#A7231A #DC2E22 #E55F56 #ED918B #F5C3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#E55F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#E55F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55F56

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55F56	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)

#817854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 95, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.169 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49186',
    500: '#e55f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55f56;
$custom-light: #f49186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.776,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65399,
    "c": 0.16872,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55F56

secondary

#B1E3E6

accent

#C9D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55F56

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

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