#E55B48#E55B48

#E55B48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.175 H 30.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55B48
RGB	rgb(229, 91, 72)
HSL	hsl(7, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(7, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, 52.48, 38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 65.08, 36.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% 0.1514 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.175 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2276, 24.6131, 8.9201)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55B48 #48D2E5

analogous

#E54884 #E55B48 #E5AA48

triadic

#E55B48 #48E55B #5B48E5

tetradic

#E55B48 #84E548 #48D2E5 #AA48E5

square

#E55B48 #84E548 #48D2E5 #AA48E5

split-complementary

#E55B48 #48E5AA #4884E5

monochromatic

#9C2616 #D2341E #E55B48 #ED8B7E #F4BBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#E55B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#E55B48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55B48

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55B48	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 91, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.175 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58f7b',
    500: '#e55b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55b48;
$custom-light: #f58f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.261,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6467,
    "c": 0.17548,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55B48

secondary

#A6DCE3

accent

#DBF236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55B48

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

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