#E55537#E55537

#E55537 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.185 H 33.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55537
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(10, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(10, 76%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 76%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 54.35, 46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 71.36, 40.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% 0.154 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.185 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2552, 23.4360, 6.2282)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55537 #37C7E5

analogous

#E53770 #E55537 #E5AC37

triadic

#E55537 #37E555 #5537E5

tetradic

#E55537 #70E537 #37C7E5 #AC37E5

square

#E55537 #70E537 #37C7E5 #AC37E5

split-complementary

#E55537 #37E5AC #3770E5

monochromatic

#8F2813 #C5371A #E55537 #EC836D #F3B1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#E55537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#E55537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55537

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55537	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC2F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.185 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68b70',
    500: '#e55537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55537;
$custom-light: #f68b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.345,
    "s": 76.991,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63721,
    "c": 0.18475,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55537

secondary

#98D4E0

accent

#D3F434

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#190C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55537

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

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