#ED5555#ED5555

#ED5555 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.188 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ED5555
RGB	rgb(237, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, 58.46, 32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 66.71, 28.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.1718 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.188 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8172, 25.1629, 11.3528)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ED5555 #55EDED

analogous

#ED55A1 #ED5555 #EDA155

triadic

#ED5555 #55ED55 #5555ED

tetradic

#ED5555 #A1ED55 #55EDED #A155ED

square

#ED5555 #A1ED55 #55EDED #A155ED

split-complementary

#ED5555 #55EDA1 #55A1ED

monochromatic

#B41313 #E71E1E #ED5555 #F38C8C #F9C4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#ED5555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#ED5555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #ED5555

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ED5555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ED5555	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ed5555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.188 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8c85',
    500: '#ed5555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ed5555;
$custom-light: #fa8c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ed5555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65383,
    "c": 0.18787,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ED5555

secondary

#B4EAEA

accent

#DDDD08

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ED5555

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

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