#E55B44#E55B44

#E55B44 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.176 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55B44
RGB	rgb(229, 91, 68)
HSL	hsl(9, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 70.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, 52.28, 40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 66.20, 37.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% 0.15 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.176 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1014, 24.5626, 8.2551)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55B44 #44CEE5

analogous

#E5447E #E55B44 #E5AB44

triadic

#E55B44 #44E55B #5B44E5

tetradic

#E55B44 #7EE544 #44CEE5 #AB44E5

square

#E55B44 #7EE544 #44CEE5 #AB44E5

split-complementary

#E55B44 #44E5AB #447EE5

monochromatic

#992815 #CF361D #E55B44 #EC8A7A #F4B9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#E55B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#E55B44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55B44

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55B44	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 91, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.176 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58e79',
    500: '#e55b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55b44;
$custom-light: #f58e79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64617,
    "c": 0.17634,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55B44

secondary

#A2D9E2

accent

#D7F236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55B44

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

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