#E05242#E05242

#E05242 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.180 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05242
RGB	rgb(224, 82, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, 54.39, 38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 66.82, 35.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% 0.1568 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.18 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7448, 22.2801, 7.6241)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05242 #42D0E0

analogous

#E04281 #E05242 #E0A142

triadic

#E05242 #42E052 #5242E0

tetradic

#E05242 #81E042 #42D0E0 #A142E0

square

#E05242 #81E042 #42D0E0 #A142E0

split-complementary

#E05242 #42E0A1 #4281E0

monochromatic

#902418 #C53120 #E05242 #E98277 #F1B2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#E05242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#E05242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05242

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05242	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F62F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 82, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.180 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28977',
    500: '#e05242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05242;
$custom-light: #f28977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.076,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62702,
    "c": 0.1801,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05242

secondary

#9FD9DF

accent

#DCEF39

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05242

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

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