#E05250#E05250

#E05250 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.178 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05250
RGB	rgb(224, 82, 80)
HSL	hsl(1, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 64.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 55.14, 31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 63.32, 29.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.1618 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.178 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2092, 22.4659, 10.0702)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05250 #50DEE0

analogous

#E05096 #E05250 #E09A50

triadic

#E05250 #50E052 #5250E0

tetradic

#E05250 #96E050 #50DEE0 #9A50E0

square

#E05250 #96E050 #50DEE0 #9A50E0

split-complementary

#E05250 #50E09A #5096E0

monochromatic

#9A1D1B #CE2725 #E05250 #E98584 #F2B9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#E05250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#E05250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05250

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05250	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 82, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.178 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18981',
    500: '#e05250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05250;
$custom-light: #f18981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.833,
    "s": 69.903,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62911,
    "c": 0.17784,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05250

secondary

#AAE1E2

accent

#EAED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05250

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

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