#E05550#E05550

#E05550 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.175 H 25.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05550
RGB	rgb(224, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 64.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 53.85, 31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 62.51, 30.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.1578 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.175 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4404, 22.9283, 10.1472)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E05550 #50DBE0

analogous

#E05093 #E05550 #E09D50

triadic

#E05550 #50E055 #5550E0

tetradic

#E05550 #93E050 #50DBE0 #9D50E0

square

#E05550 #93E050 #50DBE0 #9D50E0

split-complementary

#E05550 #50E09D #5093E0

monochromatic

#9A201B #CE2A25 #E05550 #E98884 #F2BAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#E05550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#E05550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05550

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05550	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79714E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.175 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18b81',
    500: '#e05550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05550;
$custom-light: #f18b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.083,
    "s": 69.903,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63272,
    "c": 0.17473,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05550

secondary

#AAE0E2

accent

#E7ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05550

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

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