#E9555B#E9555B

#E9555B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.183 H 21.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9555B
RGB	rgb(233, 85, 91)
HSL	hsl(358, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.67, 57.52, 27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.67, 63.90, 25.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% 0.1703 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.183 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7448, 24.5812, 12.5999)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9555B #55E9E3

analogous

#E955A5 #E9555B #E99955

triadic

#E9555B #5BE955 #555BE9

tetradic

#E9555B #A5E955 #55E9E3 #9955E9

square

#E9555B #A5E955 #55E9E3 #9955E9

split-complementary

#E9555B #55E999 #55A5E9

monochromatic

#AD161D #E21F27 #E9555B #F08B8F #F7C1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#E9555B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#E9555B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E9555B

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9555B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9555B	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B745A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9555b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 85, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.183 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78c89',
    500: '#e9555b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9555b;
$custom-light: #f78c89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9555b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.568,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64863,
    "c": 0.18307,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9555B

secondary

#B2E8E6

accent

#D9D10C

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#190D0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9555B

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

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