#E55948#E55948

#E55948 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.177 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55948
RGB	rgb(229, 89, 72)
HSL	hsl(6, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, 53.37, 38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 65.56, 35.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.1542 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.177 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0590, 24.2757, 8.8639)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55948 #48D4E5

analogous

#E54886 #E55948 #E5A848

triadic

#E55948 #48E559 #5948E5

tetradic

#E55948 #86E548 #48D4E5 #A848E5

square

#E55948 #86E548 #48D4E5 #A848E5

split-complementary

#E55948 #48E5A8 #4886E5

monochromatic

#9C2516 #D2311E #E55948 #ED8A7E #F4BAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E55948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#E55948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55948

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55948	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)

#7F7445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 89, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.177 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58d7b',
    500: '#e55948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55948;
$custom-light: #f58d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.497,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64419,
    "c": 0.17745,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55948

secondary

#A6DDE3

accent

#DDF236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55948

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

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