#E55F57#E55F57

#E55F57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.169 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55F57
RGB	rgb(229, 95, 87)
HSL	hsl(3, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, 51.55, 31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 60.24, 31.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.1513 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.169 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1292, 25.5355, 11.9360)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55F57 #57DDE5

analogous

#E55796 #E55F57 #E5A657

triadic

#E55F57 #57E55F #5F57E5

tetradic

#E55F57 #96E557 #57DDE5 #A657E5

square

#E55F57 #96E557 #57DDE5 #A657E5

split-complementary

#E55F57 #57E5A6 #5796E5

monochromatic

#A8221A #DD2D22 #E55F57 #ED918C #F5C4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#E55F57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#E55F57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55F57

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55F57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55F57	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55f57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 95, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.169 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49186',
    500: '#e55f57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55f57;
$custom-light: #f49186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55f57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.38,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65416,
    "c": 0.16856,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55F57

secondary

#B2E3E6

accent

#CAD510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55F57

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

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