#E55F46#E55F46

#E55F46 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.172 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55F46
RGB	rgb(229, 95, 70)
HSL	hsl(9, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 69.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, 50.58, 40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 64.69, 38.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.1451 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.172 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5146, 25.2896, 8.6991)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55F46 #46CCE5

analogous

#E5467C #E55F46 #E5AE46

triadic

#E55F46 #46E55F #5F46E5

tetradic

#E55F46 #7CE546 #46CCE5 #AE46E5

square

#E55F46 #7CE546 #46CCE5 #AE46E5

split-complementary

#E55F46 #46E5AE #467CE5

monochromatic

#9B2B16 #D0391D #E55F46 #ED8D7C #F4BCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#E55F46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#E55F46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55F46

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55F46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55F46	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB425A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55f46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 95, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.172 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5917a',
    500: '#e55f46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55f46;
$custom-light: #f5917a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55f46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.434,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65161,
    "c": 0.17203,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55F46

secondary

#A4D9E3

accent

#D4F236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55F46

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

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