#E55E48#E55E48

#E55E48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.173 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55E48
RGB	rgb(229, 94, 72)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, 51.13, 39.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 64.35, 37.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% 0.1472 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.173 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4892, 25.1363, 9.0073)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55E48 #48CFE5

analogous

#E54881 #E55E48 #E5AD48

triadic

#E55E48 #48E55E #5E48E5

tetradic

#E55E48 #81E548 #48CFE5 #AD48E5

square

#E55E48 #81E548 #48CFE5 #AD48E5

split-complementary

#E55E48 #48E5AD #4881E5

monochromatic

#9C2916 #D2371E #E55E48 #ED8D7E #F4BCB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#E55E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#E55E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55E48

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55E48	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB4159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 94, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.173 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5907c',
    500: '#e55e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55e48;
$custom-light: #f5907c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.408,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65056,
    "c": 0.17254,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55E48

secondary

#A6DBE3

accent

#D7F236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55E48

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

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