#E05255#E05255

#E05255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.177 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05255
RGB	rgb(224, 82, 85)
HSL	hsl(359, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(359, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 55.44, 28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 62.27, 27.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63% 0.1637 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.177 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4009, 22.5426, 11.0796)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05255 #52E0DD

analogous

#E0529C #E05255 #E09652

triadic

#E05255 #55E052 #5255E0

tetradic

#E05255 #9CE052 #52E0DD #9652E0

square

#E05255 #9CE052 #52E0DD #9652E0

split-complementary

#E05255 #52E096 #529CE0

monochromatic

#9C1C1F #D02529 #E05255 #E98688 #F3BABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#E05255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#E05255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05255

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05255	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 82, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.177 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18985',
    500: '#e05255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05255;
$custom-light: #f18985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.732,
    "s": 69.608,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62997,
    "c": 0.17726,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05255

secondary

#ACE2E1

accent

#ECE93B

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05255

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

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