#E05256#E05256

#E05256 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.177 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05256
RGB	rgb(224, 82, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, 55.51, 27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 62.07, 26.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% 0.1641 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.177 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4409, 22.5586, 11.2903)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05256 #52E0DC

analogous

#E0529D #E05256 #E09552

triadic

#E05256 #56E052 #5256E0

tetradic

#E05256 #9DE052 #52E0DC #9552E0

square

#E05256 #9DE052 #52E0DC #9552E0

split-complementary

#E05256 #52E095 #529DE0

monochromatic

#9C1C1F #D0252A #E05256 #E98689 #F3BABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#E05256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#E05256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05256

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05256	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)

#777055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 82, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.177 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18985',
    500: '#e05256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05256;
$custom-light: #f18985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.31,
    "s": 69.608,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63015,
    "c": 0.17717,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05256

secondary

#ACE2E1

accent

#ECE73B

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05256

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

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