#E55248#E55248

#E55248 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.184 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55248
RGB	rgb(229, 82, 72)
HSL	hsl(4, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, 56.36, 36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 67.29, 33.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% 0.1636 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.184 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5039, 23.1656, 8.6789)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55248 #48DBE5

analogous

#E5488D #E55248 #E5A148

triadic

#E55248 #48E552 #5248E5

tetradic

#E55248 #8DE548 #48DBE5 #A148E5

square

#E55248 #8DE548 #48DBE5 #A148E5

split-complementary

#E55248 #48E5A1 #488DE5

monochromatic

#9C1F16 #D2291E #E55248 #ED857E #F4B7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#E55248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#E55248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55248

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55248	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB2D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 82, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.184 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5897b',
    500: '#e55248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55248;
$custom-light: #f5897b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.822,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63576,
    "c": 0.18431,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55248

secondary

#A6DFE3

accent

#E6F236

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55248

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

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