#E55737#E55737

#E55737 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.183 H 34.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55737
RGB	rgb(229, 87, 55)
HSL	hsl(11, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(11, 76%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 76%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 53.48, 46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 70.93, 41.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% 0.1514 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.183 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4148, 23.7554, 6.2814)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55737 #37C5E5

analogous

#E5376E #E55737 #E5AE37

triadic

#E55737 #37E557 #5737E5

tetradic

#E55737 #6EE537 #37C5E5 #AE37E5

square

#E55737 #6EE537 #37C5E5 #AE37E5

split-complementary

#E55737 #37E5AE #376EE5

monochromatic

#8F2913 #C5391A #E55737 #EC846D #F3B2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#E55737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#E55737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55737

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55737	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC3350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 87, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.183 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68c70',
    500: '#e55737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55737;
$custom-light: #f68c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.034,
    "s": 76.991,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63965,
    "c": 0.18294,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55737

secondary

#98D3E0

accent

#D0F434

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#190C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55737

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

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