#E55A48#E55A48

#E55A48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.176 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55A48
RGB	rgb(229, 90, 72)
HSL	hsl(7, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(7, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, 52.93, 38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 65.32, 35.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% 0.1528 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.176 30)
XYZ	xyz(37.1427, 24.4433, 8.8918)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55A48 #48D3E5

analogous

#E54885 #E55A48 #E5A948

triadic

#E55A48 #48E55A #5A48E5

tetradic

#E55A48 #85E548 #48D3E5 #A948E5

square

#E55A48 #85E548 #48D3E5 #A948E5

split-complementary

#E55A48 #48E5A9 #4885E5

monochromatic

#9C2616 #D2321E #E55A48 #ED8A7E #F4BBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#E55A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#E55A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55A48

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55A48	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 90, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.176 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58e7b',
    500: '#e55a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55a48;
$custom-light: #f58e7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.879,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64544,
    "c": 0.17647,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.24438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55A48

secondary

#A6DCE3

accent

#DCF236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55A48

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

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