#E55A46#E55A46

#E55A46 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.177 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55A46
RGB	rgb(229, 90, 70)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 69.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, 52.83, 39.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 65.87, 36.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% 0.1521 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.177 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0785, 24.4176, 8.5538)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55A46 #46D1E5

analogous

#E54681 #E55A46 #E5A946

triadic

#E55A46 #46E55A #5A46E5

tetradic

#E55A46 #81E546 #46D1E5 #A946E5

square

#E55A46 #81E546 #46D1E5 #A946E5

split-complementary

#E55A46 #46E5A9 #4681E5

monochromatic

#9B2616 #D0341D #E55A46 #ED8A7C #F4BAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#E55A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#E55A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55A46

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55A46	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)

#807443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 90, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.177 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58e7a',
    500: '#e55a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55a46;
$custom-light: #f58e7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.547,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64517,
    "c": 0.17688,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55A46

secondary

#A4DBE3

accent

#DAF236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55A46

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

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