#E05540#E05540
#E05540 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.178 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E05540 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(224, 85, 64) |
| HSL | hsl(8, 72%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(8, 71%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 71.4%, 12.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.78, 53.01, 40.43) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(54.78, 66.67, 37.34°) |
| OKLab | oklab(63.04% 0.1521 0.0918) |
| OKLCH | oklch(63.04% 0.178 31.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.9180, 22.7193, 7.3961) |
| Luminance | 0.2271 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.30
Tomato (survey)
#EF4026
ΔE00 4.41
Orangey Red
#FA4224
ΔE00 5.60
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 5.97
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 6.15
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 6.23
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E05540 #40CBE0
analogous
#E0407B #E05540 #E0A540
triadic
#E05540 #40E055 #5540E0
tetradic
#E05540 #7BE040 #40CBE0 #A540E0
square
#E05540 #7BE040 #40CBE0 #A540E0
split-complementary
#E05540 #40E0A5 #407BE0
monochromatic
#8E2717 #C33520 #E05540 #E98475 #F1B3A9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.79
#E05540 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.54
#E05540 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E05540
5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E05540 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E05540 | 1.00 | 3.79 | 5.54 | 5.54 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.79 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.54 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.54 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7B703D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9E8E3C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F63351
Achromatopsia (no color)
#838383
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e05540; /* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 85, 64); /* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.178 31.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f28b76',
500: '#e05540',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e05540; $custom-light: #f28b76; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e05540",
"rgb": {
"r": 224,
"g": 85,
"b": 64
},
"hsl": {
"h": 7.875,
"s": 72.072,
"l": 56.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.6304,
"c": 0.17761,
"h": 31.1
},
"luminance": 0.22714
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E05540
secondary
#9DD6DF
accent
#D7EF39
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0ED
border
#D7CBC8
text
#180C08
muted
#867D7B