#E55D48#E55D48

#E55D48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.174 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55D48
RGB	rgb(229, 93, 72)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, 51.59, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 64.59, 37.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% 0.1486 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.174 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4009, 24.9596, 8.9779)
Luminance	0.2495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55D48 #48D0E5

analogous

#E54882 #E55D48 #E5AB48

triadic

#E55D48 #48E55D #5D48E5

tetradic

#E55D48 #82E548 #48D0E5 #AB48E5

square

#E55D48 #82E548 #48D0E5 #AB48E5

split-complementary

#E55D48 #48E5AB #4882E5

monochromatic

#9C2816 #D2361E #E55D48 #ED8C7E #F4BCB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#E55D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#E55D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55D48

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55D48	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 93, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.174 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5907c',
    500: '#e55d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55d48;
$custom-light: #f5907c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.025,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64927,
    "c": 0.17353,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55D48

secondary

#A6DBE3

accent

#D9F236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55D48

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

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