#E55C49#E55C49

#E55C49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.174 H 30.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55C49
RGB	rgb(229, 92, 73)
HSL	hsl(7, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 52.09, 38.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 64.56, 36.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% 0.1504 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.174 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3466, 24.7984, 9.1220)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55C49 #49D2E5

analogous

#E54984 #E55C49 #E5AA49

triadic

#E55C49 #49E55C #5C49E5

tetradic

#E55C49 #84E549 #49D2E5 #AA49E5

square

#E55C49 #84E549 #49D2E5 #AA49E5

split-complementary

#E55C49 #49E5AA #4984E5

monochromatic

#9D2716 #D3341E #E55C49 #ED8C7F #F4BCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#E55C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#E55C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55C49

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55C49	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	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)

#817646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 92, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.174 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58f7c',
    500: '#e55c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55c49;
$custom-light: #f58f7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.308,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64812,
    "c": 0.17429,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55C49

secondary

#A6DCE3

accent

#DBF236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55C49

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

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