#E55048#E55048

#E55048 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.186 H 26.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55048
RGB	rgb(229, 80, 72)
HSL	hsl(3, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(3, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, 57.19, 36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 67.79, 32.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.1662 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.186 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3553, 22.8684, 8.6293)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55048 #48DDE5

analogous

#E5488F #E55048 #E59F48

triadic

#E55048 #48E550 #5048E5

tetradic

#E55048 #8FE548 #48DDE5 #9F48E5

square

#E55048 #8FE548 #48DDE5 #9F48E5

split-complementary

#E55048 #48E59F #488FE5

monochromatic

#9C1D16 #D2271E #E55048 #ED837E #F4B6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#E55048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#E55048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55048

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55048	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796F46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB2A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 80, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.186 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5887b',
    500: '#e55048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55048;
$custom-light: #f5887b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.057,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63347,
    "c": 0.18626,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55048

secondary

#A6E0E3

accent

#E8F236

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55048

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

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