#E55849#E55849

#E55849 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.178 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55849
RGB	rgb(229, 88, 73)
HSL	hsl(6, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, 53.86, 37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 65.54, 34.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% 0.1559 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.178 29)
XYZ	xyz(37.0092, 24.1236, 9.0095)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55849 #49D6E5

analogous

#E54988 #E55849 #E5A649

triadic

#E55849 #49E558 #5849E5

tetradic

#E55849 #88E549 #49D6E5 #A649E5

square

#E55849 #88E549 #49D6E5 #A649E5

split-complementary

#E55849 #49E5A6 #4988E5

monochromatic

#9D2316 #D32F1E #E55849 #ED897F #F4BAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#E55849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#E55849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55849

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55849	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)

#7E7447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 88, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.178 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58d7c',
    500: '#e55849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55849;
$custom-light: #f58d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.769,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64309,
    "c": 0.17824,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.24118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55849

secondary

#A6DEE3

accent

#E0F236

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55849

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

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