#E9555E#E9555E

#E9555E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.183 H 20.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9555E
RGB	rgb(233, 85, 94)
HSL	hsl(356, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(356, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, 57.72, 26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 63.37, 24.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.1715 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.183 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8768, 24.6340, 13.2952)
Luminance	0.2463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9555E #55E9E0

analogous

#E955A8 #E9555E #E99655

triadic

#E9555E #5EE955 #555EE9

tetradic

#E9555E #A8E955 #55E9E0 #9655E9

square

#E9555E #A8E955 #55E9E0 #9655E9

split-complementary

#E9555E #55E996 #55A8E9

monochromatic

#AD1620 #E21F2B #E9555E #F08B91 #F7C1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#E9555E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#E9555E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E9555E

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9555E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9555E	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B745D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0945A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9555e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 85, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.183 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78c8b',
    500: '#e9555e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9555e;
$custom-light: #f78c8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9555e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.351,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64918,
    "c": 0.18285,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9555E

secondary

#B2E8E5

accent

#D9CD0C

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9555E

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

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