#E6555A#E6555A
#E6555A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.180 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6555A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 85, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(358, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(358, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 63%, 60.9%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.15, 56.47, 27.64) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.15, 62.88, 26.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.38% 0.1672 0.0667) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.38% 0.18 21.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.7307, 24.0633, 12.3287) |
| Luminance | 0.2406 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.31
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 3.76
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.05
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.49
Lightish Red
#FE2F4A
ΔE00 4.92
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.97
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6555A #55E6E1
analogous
#E655A3 #E6555A #E69955
triadic
#E6555A #5AE655 #555AE6
tetradic
#E6555A #A3E655 #55E6E1 #9955E6
square
#E6555A #A3E655 #55E6E1 #9955E6
split-complementary
#E6555A #55E699 #55A3E6
monochromatic
#A8191E #DD2127 #E6555A #EE8A8E #F6C0C2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.61
#E6555A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.81
#E6555A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E6555A
5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6555A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6555A | 1.00 | 3.61 | 5.81 | 5.81 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7A7359
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F9256
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB3758
Achromatopsia (no color)
#878787
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6555a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 85, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.180 21.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f58b88',
500: '#e6555a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6555a; $custom-light: #f58b88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6555a",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 85,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 357.931,
"s": 74.359,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64378,
"c": 0.17999,
"h": 21.7
},
"luminance": 0.24058
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6555A
secondary
#B1E6E4
accent
#D6D00F
background
#FFF8F8
surface
#FFF0EF
border
#D7CBCA
text
#180C0B
muted
#867D7C