#E55F5D#E55F5D
#E55F5D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.168 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E55F5D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 95, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(1, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(1, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 59.4%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.69, 51.95, 27.87) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.69, 58.95, 28.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.52% 0.1535 0.0674) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.52% 0.168 23.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.3846, 25.6376, 13.2811) |
| Luminance | 0.2563 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.72
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.27
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.33
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.66
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.85
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.92
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E55F5D #5DE3E5
analogous
#E55D9F #E55F5D #E5A35D
triadic
#E55F5D #5DE55F #5F5DE5
tetradic
#E55F5D #9FE55D #5DE3E5 #A35DE5
square
#E55F5D #9FE55D #5DE3E5 #A35DE5
split-complementary
#E55F5D #5DE5A3 #5D9FE5
monochromatic
#AC1E1C #DD2B28 #E55F5D #ED9392 #F6C7C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.43
#E55F5D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.13
#E55F5D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E55F5D
6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E55F5D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E55F5D | 1.00 | 3.43 | 6.13 | 6.13 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.43 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#80795C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2955A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA4660
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e55f5d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 95, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.168 23.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3918b',
500: '#e55f5d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e55f5d; $custom-light: #f3918b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e55f5d",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 95,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 0.882,
"s": 72.34,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65521,
"c": 0.16768,
"h": 23.7
},
"luminance": 0.25633
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E55F5D
secondary
#B7E7E7
accent
#D2D411
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D