#FF5550#FF5550

#FF5550 is a light, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.207 H 26.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF5550
RGB	rgb(255, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(2, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(2, 69%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 68.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, 63.96, 39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 75.05, 31.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% 0.1861 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.207 26)
XYZ	xyz(45.9414, 28.3428, 10.6395)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF5550 #50FAFF

analogous

#FF50A3 #FF5550 #FFAC50

triadic

#FF5550 #50FF55 #5550FF

tetradic

#FF5550 #A3FF50 #50FAFF #AC50FF

square

#FF5550 #A3FF50 #50FAFF #AC50FF

split-complementary

#FF5550 #50FFAC #50A3FF

monochromatic

#D50600 #FF1A13 #FF5550 #FF908D #FFCCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#FF5550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#FF5550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #FF5550

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF5550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF5550	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847A4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff5550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.207 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ff8e81',
    500: '#ff5550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff5550;
$custom-light: #ff8e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff5550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.714,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68147,
    "c": 0.20696,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.28336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF5550

secondary

#B8F1F3

accent

#DFE600

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#1A0D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF5550

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

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