#E05251#E05251

#E05251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.178 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05251
RGB	rgb(224, 82, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, 55.20, 30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 63.10, 28.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.1622 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.178 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2465, 22.4808, 10.2662)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05251 #51DFE0

analogous

#E05197 #E05251 #E09A51

triadic

#E05251 #51E052 #5251E0

tetradic

#E05251 #97E051 #51DFE0 #9A51E0

square

#E05251 #97E051 #51DFE0 #9A51E0

split-complementary

#E05251 #51E09A #5197E0

monochromatic

#9B1D1C #CF2625 #E05251 #E98685 #F3B9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#E05251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#E05251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05251

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05251	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 82, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.178 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18982',
    500: '#e05251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05251;
$custom-light: #f18982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.42,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62928,
    "c": 0.17772,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05251

secondary

#ABE2E2

accent

#EBED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05251

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

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