#E04959#E04959

#E04959 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.186 H 18.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E04959
RGB	rgb(224, 73, 89)
HSL	hsl(354, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, 59.36, 24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 64.16, 22.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.1769 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.186 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9296, 21.3385, 11.7287)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E04959 #49E0D0

analogous

#E049A5 #E04959 #E08449

triadic

#E04959 #59E049 #4959E0

tetradic

#E04959 #A5E049 #49E0D0 #8449E0

square

#E04959 #A5E049 #49E0D0 #8449E0

split-complementary

#E04959 #49E084 #49A5E0

monochromatic

#951927 #C92234 #E04959 #E97D89 #F2B2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#E04959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#E04959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E04959

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E04959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E04959	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706B59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F52550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e04959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 73, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.186 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18487',
    500: '#e04959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e04959;
$custom-light: #f18487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e04959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.642,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62062,
    "c": 0.18648,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E04959

secondary

#A4E0DA

accent

#EEDB3A

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E04959

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

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