#E55C48#E55C48

#E55C48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.174 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55C48
RGB	rgb(229, 92, 72)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 52.04, 38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 64.83, 36.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% 0.15 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.175 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3137, 24.7852, 8.9488)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55C48 #48D1E5

analogous

#E54883 #E55C48 #E5AB48

triadic

#E55C48 #48E55C #5C48E5

tetradic

#E55C48 #83E548 #48D1E5 #AB48E5

square

#E55C48 #83E548 #48D1E5 #AB48E5

split-complementary

#E55C48 #48E5AB #4883E5

monochromatic

#9C2716 #D2351E #E55C48 #ED8C7E #F4BBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#E55C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#E55C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55C48

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55C48	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 92, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.174 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58f7c',
    500: '#e55c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55c48;
$custom-light: #f58f7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.643,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64798,
    "c": 0.1745,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55C48

secondary

#A6DBE3

accent

#DAF236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55C48

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

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