#E55843#E55843

#E55843 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.179 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55843
RGB	rgb(229, 88, 67)
HSL	hsl(8, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 70.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 53.56, 40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 67.19, 37.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.1538 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.179 31)
XYZ	xyz(36.8198, 24.0478, 8.0120)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55843 #43D0E5

analogous

#E5437F #E55843 #E5A943

triadic

#E55843 #43E558 #5843E5

tetradic

#E55843 #7FE543 #43D0E5 #A943E5

square

#E55843 #7FE543 #43D0E5 #A943E5

split-complementary

#E55843 #43E5A9 #437FE5

monochromatic

#992615 #CE341D #E55843 #EC8879 #F4B8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#E55843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#E55843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55843

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55843	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 88, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.179 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58d78',
    500: '#e55843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55843;
$custom-light: #f58d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.778,
    "s": 75.701,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64228,
    "c": 0.17943,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.24043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55843

secondary

#A2DAE2

accent

#DAF236

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55843

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

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