#E55848#E55848

#E55848 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.178 H 29.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55848
RGB	rgb(229, 88, 72)
HSL	hsl(6, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, 53.81, 37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 65.81, 35.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% 0.1556 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.178 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9763, 24.1104, 8.8363)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55848 #48D5E5

analogous

#E54887 #E55848 #E5A748

triadic

#E55848 #48E558 #5848E5

tetradic

#E55848 #87E548 #48D5E5 #A748E5

square

#E55848 #87E548 #48D5E5 #A748E5

split-complementary

#E55848 #48E5A7 #4887E5

monochromatic

#9C2416 #D2301E #E55848 #ED897E #F4BAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#E55848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#E55848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55848

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55848	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 88, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.178 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58d7b',
    500: '#e55848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55848;
$custom-light: #f58d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.115,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64295,
    "c": 0.17844,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55848

secondary

#A6DDE3

accent

#DFF236

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55848

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

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