#E55A45#E55A45

#E55A45 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.177 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55A45
RGB	rgb(229, 90, 69)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 69.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 52.78, 39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 66.15, 37.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% 0.1518 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.177 31)
XYZ	xyz(37.0472, 24.4051, 8.3889)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55A45 #45D0E5

analogous

#E54580 #E55A45 #E5AA45

triadic

#E55A45 #45E55A #5A45E5

tetradic

#E55A45 #80E545 #45D0E5 #AA45E5

square

#E55A45 #80E545 #45D0E5 #AA45E5

split-complementary

#E55A45 #45E5AA #4580E5

monochromatic

#9A2716 #D0341D #E55A45 #ED8A7B #F4B9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#E55A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#E55A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55A45

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55A45	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)

#807442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 90, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.177 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58e79',
    500: '#e55a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55a45;
$custom-light: #f58e79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.875,
    "s": 75.472,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64503,
    "c": 0.17709,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55A45

secondary

#A3DAE3

accent

#D9F236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55A45

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

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