#E55546#E55546

#E55546 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.182 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55546
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 70)
HSL	hsl(6, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 69.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, 55.00, 38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 67.08, 34.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.1589 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.182 29)
XYZ	xyz(36.6709, 23.6023, 8.4179)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55546 #46D6E5

analogous

#E54686 #E55546 #E5A446

triadic

#E55546 #46E555 #5546E5

tetradic

#E55546 #86E546 #46D6E5 #A446E5

square

#E55546 #86E546 #46D6E5 #A446E5

split-complementary

#E55546 #46E5A4 #4686E5

monochromatic

#9B2216 #D02E1D #E55546 #ED867C #F4B8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#E55546 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#E55546 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55546

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55546	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55546	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55546;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.182 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58b7a',
    500: '#e55546',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55546;
$custom-light: #f58b7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55546",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.66,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63902,
    "c": 0.18174,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.23597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55546

secondary

#A4DDE3

accent

#E0F236

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55546

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

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