#E05440#E05440

#E05440 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.179 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05440
RGB	rgb(224, 84, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 71.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, 53.44, 40.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 66.90, 36.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.1534 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.179 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8399, 22.5630, 7.3700)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05440 #40CCE0

analogous

#E0407C #E05440 #E0A440

triadic

#E05440 #40E054 #5440E0

tetradic

#E05440 #7CE040 #40CCE0 #A440E0

square

#E05440 #7CE040 #40CCE0 #A440E0

split-complementary

#E05440 #40E0A4 #407CE0

monochromatic

#8E2617 #C33420 #E05440 #E98375 #F1B2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#E05440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#E05440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05440

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05440	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)

#7A6F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F63250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 84, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.179 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28a76',
    500: '#e05440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05440;
$custom-light: #f28a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62917,
    "c": 0.17858,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05440

secondary

#9DD7DF

accent

#D8EF39

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05440

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

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