#E55F5A#E55F5A
#E55F5A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.168 H 25.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55F5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 95, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(2, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(2, 61%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 60.7%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.64, 51.74, 29.52) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.64, 59.57, 29.71°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.47% 0.1524 0.071) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.47% 0.168 25) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.2543, 25.5855, 12.5949) |
| Luminance | 0.2558 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.78
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.90
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.04
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.59
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.80
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.81
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55F5A #5AE0E5
analogous
#E55A9B #E55F5A #E5A45A
triadic
#E55F5A #5AE55F #5F5AE5
tetradic
#E55F5A #9BE55A #5AE0E5 #A45AE5
square
#E55F5A #9BE55A #5AE0E5 #A45AE5
split-complementary
#E55F5A #5AE5A4 #5A9BE5
monochromatic
#AA201B #DD2C25 #E55F5A #ED928F #F6C6C4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.43
#E55F5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.12
#E55F5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55F5A
6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55F5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55F5A | 1.00 | 3.43 | 6.12 | 6.12 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.43 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#817959
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A29557
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA455F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55f5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 95, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.168 25.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f49188',
500: '#e55f5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55f5a; $custom-light: #f49188; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55f5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 95,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 2.158,
"s": 72.775,
"l": 62.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65467,
"c": 0.16809,
"h": 25
},
"luminance": 0.25581
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55F5A
secondary
#B4E5E7
accent
#CED511
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0B
muted
#867E7C