#E55543#E55543

#E55543 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.182 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55543
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 67)
HSL	hsl(7, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 70.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, 54.85, 40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 67.89, 36.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.1579 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.182 30)
XYZ	xyz(36.5786, 23.5654, 7.9316)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55543 #43D3E5

analogous

#E54382 #E55543 #E5A643

triadic

#E55543 #43E555 #5543E5

tetradic

#E55543 #82E543 #43D3E5 #A643E5

square

#E55543 #82E543 #43D3E5 #A643E5

split-complementary

#E55543 #43E5A6 #4382E5

monochromatic

#992415 #CE301D #E55543 #EC8679 #F4B6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#E55543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#E55543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55543

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55543	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.182 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58b78',
    500: '#e55543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55543;
$custom-light: #f58b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 75.701,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63862,
    "c": 0.18231,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.2356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55543

secondary

#A2DBE2

accent

#DDF236

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55543

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

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