#E55F59#E55F59

#E55F59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.168 H 25.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55F59
RGB	rgb(229, 95, 89)
HSL	hsl(3, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, 51.68, 30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 59.79, 30.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% 0.152 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.168 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2120, 25.5686, 12.3723)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55F59 #59DFE5

analogous

#E55999 #E55F59 #E5A559

triadic

#E55F59 #59E55F #5F59E5

tetradic

#E55F59 #99E559 #59DFE5 #A559E5

square

#E55F59 #99E559 #59DFE5 #A559E5

split-complementary

#E55F59 #59E5A5 #5999E5

monochromatic

#A9211A #DD2C24 #E55F59 #ED928E #F6C5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#E55F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#E55F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55F59

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55F59	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)

#817958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 95, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.168 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49188',
    500: '#e55f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55f59;
$custom-light: #f49188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.571,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6545,
    "c": 0.16824,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55F59

secondary

#B3E4E6

accent

#CDD510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55F59

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

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