#E55C44#E55C44

#E55C44 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.175 H 32.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55C44
RGB	rgb(229, 92, 68)
HSL	hsl(9, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 70.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, 51.84, 40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 65.97, 38.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% 0.1487 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.175 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1874, 24.7347, 8.2838)
Luminance	0.2473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55C44 #44CDE5

analogous

#E5447C #E55C44 #E5AC44

triadic

#E55C44 #44E55C #5C44E5

tetradic

#E55C44 #7CE544 #44CDE5 #AC44E5

square

#E55C44 #7CE544 #44CDE5 #AC44E5

split-complementary

#E55C44 #44E5AC #447CE5

monochromatic

#992915 #CF371D #E55C44 #EC8B7A #F4BAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#E55C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#E55C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55C44

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55C44	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 92, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.175 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58f79',
    500: '#e55c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55c44;
$custom-light: #f58f79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.944,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64745,
    "c": 0.17538,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55C44

secondary

#A2D9E2

accent

#D6F236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55C44

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

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