#E6555E#E6555E

#E6555E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.180 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6555E
RGB	rgb(230, 85, 94)
HSL	hsl(356, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(356, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 59.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, 56.74, 25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 62.17, 24.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% 0.1687 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.18 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9056, 24.1332, 13.2496)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6555E #55E6DD

analogous

#E655A7 #E6555E #E69555

triadic

#E6555E #5EE655 #555EE6

tetradic

#E6555E #A7E655 #55E6DD #9555E6

square

#E6555E #A7E655 #55E6DD #9555E6

split-complementary

#E6555E #55E695 #55A7E6

monochromatic

#A81922 #DD212C #E6555E #EE8A91 #F6C0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#E6555E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#E6555E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E6555E

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6555E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6555E	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A745D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E925A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6555e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 85, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.180 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58c8b',
    500: '#e6555e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6555e;
$custom-light: #f58c8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6555e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.276,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64453,
    "c": 0.17969,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6555E

secondary

#B1E6E3

accent

#D6CA0F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6555E

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

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