#E55945#E55945

#E55945 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.178 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55945
RGB	rgb(229, 89, 69)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 69.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 53.22, 39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 66.39, 36.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% 0.1532 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.178 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9635, 24.2375, 8.3610)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55945 #45D1E5

analogous

#E54581 #E55945 #E5A945

triadic

#E55945 #45E559 #5945E5

tetradic

#E55945 #81E545 #45D1E5 #A945E5

square

#E55945 #81E545 #45D1E5 #A945E5

split-complementary

#E55945 #45E5A9 #4581E5

monochromatic

#9A2616 #D0331D #E55945 #ED897B #F4B9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E55945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#E55945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55945

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55945	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 89, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.178 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58d79',
    500: '#e55945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55945;
$custom-light: #f58d79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 75.472,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64378,
    "c": 0.17806,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55945

secondary

#A3DBE3

accent

#DBF236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55945

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

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