#e55542

Color #e55542

A vivid, highly saturated medium red.

Closest named color Tomato #ff6347 · ΔE 9.33 Nearest Tailwind class red-500 #fb2c36 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#e55542

RGB

rgb(229, 85, 66)

HSL

hsl(7, 75.8%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(7, 71.2%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 71.2%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(55.64, 54.81, 40.54)

LCH

lch(55.64, 68.17, 36.49)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.1825, 30.32)

HWB

hwb(7, 25.9%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#42d2e5

Analogous

#e54280

#e55542

#e5a642

Triadic

#e55542

#42e555

#5542e5

Split-complementary

#e55542

#42e5a6

#4280e5

Tetradic

#e55542

#d2e542

#42d2e5

#5542e5

Square

#e55542

#80e542

#42d2e5

#a642e5

Shades

Color #e55542 mixed toward black.

#d8331e

#ad2918

#821f12

#56150c

#2b0a06

Tints

Color #e55542 mixed toward white.

#e97161

#ee8e81

#f2aaa0

#f6c6c0

#fbe3df

Tones

Color #e55542 mixed toward gray.

#d75f4f

#ca6a5d

#bc746b

#af7f78

#a18986

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b847 · ΔE 47.2

Deuteranopia

#bfc848 · ΔE 51.9

Tritanopia

#e04b4c · ΔE 5.4

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 27.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #e55542;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e55542]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#e55542 (#e55542) is rgb(229, 85, 66) in RGB.

No, #e55542 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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