#E6553D#E6553D

#E6553D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.185 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6553D
RGB	rgb(230, 85, 61)
HSL	hsl(9, 77%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 73.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, 54.93, 43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 70.01, 38.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% 0.1569 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.185 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7279, 23.6621, 7.0473)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6553D #3DCEE6

analogous

#E63D79 #E6553D #E6AA3D

triadic

#E6553D #3DE655 #553DE6

tetradic

#E6553D #79E63D #3DCEE6 #AA3DE6

square

#E6553D #79E63D #3DCEE6 #AA3DE6

split-complementary

#E6553D #3DE6AA #3D79E6

monochromatic

#952613 #CC331A #E6553D #ED8573 #F4B4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E6553D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#E6553D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E6553D

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6553D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6553D	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D713A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD3050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6553d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 85, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.185 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68b74',
    500: '#e6553d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6553d;
$custom-light: #f68b74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6553d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.521,
    "s": 77.169,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63945,
    "c": 0.18455,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6553D

secondary

#9DD8E2

accent

#D8F434

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6553D

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

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