#E55A49#E55A49

#E55A49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.176 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55A49
RGB	rgb(229, 90, 73)
HSL	hsl(7, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, 52.98, 37.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 65.05, 35.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% 0.1532 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.176 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1756, 24.4564, 9.0650)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55A49 #49D4E5

analogous

#E54986 #E55A49 #E5A849

triadic

#E55A49 #49E55A #5A49E5

tetradic

#E55A49 #86E549 #49D4E5 #A849E5

square

#E55A49 #86E549 #49D4E5 #A849E5

split-complementary

#E55A49 #49E5A8 #4986E5

monochromatic

#9D2516 #D3321E #E55A49 #ED8B7F #F4BBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#E55A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#E55A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55A49

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55A49	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)

#7F7547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 90, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.176 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58e7c',
    500: '#e55a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55a49;
$custom-light: #f58e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.538,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64558,
    "c": 0.17626,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55A49

secondary

#A6DDE3

accent

#DDF236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55A49

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

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