#E55B49#E55B49

#E55B49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.175 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55B49
RGB	rgb(229, 91, 73)
HSL	hsl(7, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, 52.53, 37.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 64.80, 35.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% 0.1518 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.175 30)
XYZ	xyz(37.2605, 24.6263, 9.0933)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55B49 #49D3E5

analogous

#E54985 #E55B49 #E5A949

triadic

#E55B49 #49E55B #5B49E5

tetradic

#E55B49 #85E549 #49D3E5 #A949E5

square

#E55B49 #85E549 #49D3E5 #A949E5

split-complementary

#E55B49 #49E5A9 #4985E5

monochromatic

#9D2616 #D3331E #E55B49 #ED8B7F #F4BCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#E55B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#E55B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55B49

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55B49	1.00	3.54	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.54	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)

#807546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 91, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.175 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58f7c',
    500: '#e55b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55b49;
$custom-light: #f58f7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.923,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64684,
    "c": 0.17528,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.24621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55B49

secondary

#A6DCE3

accent

#DCF236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55B49

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

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