#E55D49#E55D49

#E55D49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.173 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55D49
RGB	rgb(229, 93, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, 51.64, 38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 64.32, 36.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% 0.149 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.173 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4338, 24.9728, 9.1511)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55D49 #49D1E5

analogous

#E54983 #E55D49 #E5AB49

triadic

#E55D49 #49E55D #5D49E5

tetradic

#E55D49 #83E549 #49D1E5 #AB49E5

square

#E55D49 #83E549 #49D1E5 #AB49E5

split-complementary

#E55D49 #49E5AB #4983E5

monochromatic

#9D2816 #D3351E #E55D49 #ED8D7F #F4BCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#E55D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#E55D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55D49

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55D49	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	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)

#817646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 93, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.173 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5907c',
    500: '#e55d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55d49;
$custom-light: #f5907c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.692,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6494,
    "c": 0.17331,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55D49

secondary

#A6DCE3

accent

#DAF236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55D49

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

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