#E0553B#E0553B

#E0553B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.179 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0553B
RGB	rgb(224, 85, 59)
HSL	hsl(9, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(9, 74%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 73.7%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.73, 52.79, 43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.73, 68.12, 39.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% 0.1504 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.179 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7821, 22.6650, 6.6801)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0553B #3BC6E0

analogous

#E03B73 #E0553B #E0A83B

triadic

#E0553B #3BE055 #553BE0

tetradic

#E0553B #73E03B #3BC6E0 #A83BE0

square

#E0553B #73E03B #3BC6E0 #A83BE0

split-complementary

#E0553B #3BE0A8 #3B73E0

monochromatic

#8B2816 #C0381E #E0553B #E88370 #F1B1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#E0553B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#E0553B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E0553B

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0553B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0553B	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F63350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0553b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 85, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.179 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28a72',
    500: '#e0553b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0553b;
$custom-light: #f28a72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0553b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.455,
    "s": 72.687,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62979,
    "c": 0.17867,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0553B

secondary

#99D3DE

accent

#D3EF38

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0553B

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

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