#E55544#E55544

#E55544 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.182 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55544
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 68)
HSL	hsl(6, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 70.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 54.90, 39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 67.62, 35.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% 0.1582 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.182 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6088, 23.5775, 8.0909)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55544 #44D4E5

analogous

#E54484 #E55544 #E5A544

triadic

#E55544 #44E555 #5544E5

tetradic

#E55544 #84E544 #44D4E5 #A544E5

square

#E55544 #84E544 #44D4E5 #A544E5

split-complementary

#E55544 #44E5A5 #4484E5

monochromatic

#992315 #CF301D #E55544 #EC867A #F4B7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#E55544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#E55544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55544

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55544	1.00	3.67	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.67	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)

#7C7241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.182 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58b78',
    500: '#e55544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55544;
$custom-light: #f58b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.335,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63875,
    "c": 0.18212,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55544

secondary

#A2DCE2

accent

#DEF236

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55544

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

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