#E55943#E55943

#E55943 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.178 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55943
RGB	rgb(229, 89, 67)
HSL	hsl(8, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 70.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 53.12, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 66.95, 37.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% 0.1525 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.178 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9024, 24.2131, 8.0395)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55943 #43CFE5

analogous

#E5437E #E55943 #E5AA43

triadic

#E55943 #43E559 #5943E5

tetradic

#E55943 #7EE543 #43CFE5 #AA43E5

square

#E55943 #7EE543 #43CFE5 #AA43E5

split-complementary

#E55943 #43E5AA #437EE5

monochromatic

#992715 #CE351D #E55943 #EC8879 #F4B8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E55943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#E55943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55943

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55943	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 89, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.178 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58d78',
    500: '#e55943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55943;
$custom-light: #f58d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.148,
    "s": 75.701,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64352,
    "c": 0.17848,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55943

secondary

#A2D9E2

accent

#D9F236

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55943

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

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