#E55548#E55548

#E55548 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.181 H 28.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55548
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 72)
HSL	hsl(5, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, 55.10, 37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 66.55, 34.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% 0.1596 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.181 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7351, 23.6280, 8.7559)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55548 #48D8E5

analogous

#E5488A #E55548 #E5A448

triadic

#E55548 #48E555 #5548E5

tetradic

#E55548 #8AE548 #48D8E5 #A448E5

square

#E55548 #8AE548 #48D8E5 #A448E5

split-complementary

#E55548 #48E5A4 #488AE5

monochromatic

#9C2116 #D22D1E #E55548 #ED877E #F4B9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#E55548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#E55548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55548

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55548	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)

#7C7246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.181 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58b7b',
    500: '#e55548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55548;
$custom-light: #f58b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.968,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6393,
    "c": 0.18138,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55548

secondary

#A6DEE3

accent

#E2F236

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55548

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

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