#E55A44#E55A44

#E55A44 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.177 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55A44
RGB	rgb(229, 90, 68)
HSL	hsl(8, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 70.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, 52.73, 40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 66.43, 37.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% 0.1514 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.177 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0165, 24.3928, 8.2268)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55A44 #44CFE5

analogous

#E5447E #E55A44 #E5AB44

triadic

#E55A44 #44E55A #5A44E5

tetradic

#E55A44 #7EE544 #44CFE5 #AB44E5

square

#E55A44 #7EE544 #44CFE5 #AB44E5

split-complementary

#E55A44 #44E5AB #447EE5

monochromatic

#992715 #CF351D #E55A44 #EC897A #F4B9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#E55A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#E55A44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55A44

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55A44	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 90, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.177 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58e79',
    500: '#e55a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55a44;
$custom-light: #f58e79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.199,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6449,
    "c": 0.17731,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55A44

secondary

#A2DAE2

accent

#D8F236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55A44

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

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