#E8555A#E8555A

#E8555A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.182 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8555A
RGB	rgb(232, 85, 90)
HSL	hsl(358, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, 57.13, 28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 63.68, 26.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% 0.169 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.182 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3764, 24.3962, 12.3590)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8555A #55E8E3

analogous

#E855A4 #E8555A #E89955

triadic

#E8555A #5AE855 #555AE8

tetradic

#E8555A #A4E855 #55E8E3 #9955E8

square

#E8555A #A4E855 #55E8E3 #9955E8

split-complementary

#E8555A #55E899 #55A4E8

monochromatic

#AB171C #E11F26 #E8555A #EF8B8E #F7C1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#E8555A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#E8555A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8555A

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8555A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8555A	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8555a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 85, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.182 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68c88',
    500: '#e8555a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8555a;
$custom-light: #f68c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8555a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.959,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64689,
    "c": 0.1821,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8555A

secondary

#B1E7E6

accent

#D8D10D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8555A

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

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