#E55845#E55845

#E55845 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.179 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55845
RGB	rgb(229, 88, 69)
HSL	hsl(7, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(7, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 69.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, 53.66, 39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 66.63, 36.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% 0.1545 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.179 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8808, 24.0722, 8.3334)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55845 #45D2E5

analogous

#E54582 #E55845 #E5A845

triadic

#E55845 #45E558 #5845E5

tetradic

#E55845 #82E545 #45D2E5 #A845E5

square

#E55845 #82E545 #45D2E5 #A845E5

split-complementary

#E55845 #45E5A8 #4582E5

monochromatic

#9A2516 #D0321D #E55845 #ED887B #F4B8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#E55845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#E55845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55845

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55845	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	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)

#7E7342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 88, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.179 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58d79',
    500: '#e55845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55845;
$custom-light: #f58d79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.125,
    "s": 75.472,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64254,
    "c": 0.17903,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55845

secondary

#A3DBE3

accent

#DCF236

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55845

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

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