#E55949#E55949

#E55949 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.177 H 29.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55949
RGB	rgb(229, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(6, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 53.42, 37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 65.29, 35.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% 0.1545 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.177 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0918, 24.2889, 9.0371)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55949 #49D5E5

analogous

#E54987 #E55949 #E5A749

triadic

#E55949 #49E559 #5949E5

tetradic

#E55949 #87E549 #49D5E5 #A749E5

square

#E55949 #87E549 #49D5E5 #A749E5

split-complementary

#E55949 #49E5A7 #4987E5

monochromatic

#9D2416 #D3311E #E55949 #ED8A7F #F4BBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E55949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#E55949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55949

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55949	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.177 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58d7c',
    500: '#e55949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55949;
$custom-light: #f58d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.154,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64433,
    "c": 0.17725,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55949

secondary

#A6DDE3

accent

#DEF236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55949

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

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