#E05551#E05551

#E05551 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.175 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05551
RGB	rgb(224, 85, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, 53.91, 31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 62.28, 30.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% 0.1582 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.175 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4776, 22.9432, 10.3433)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E05551 #51DCE0

analogous

#E05195 #E05551 #E09C51

triadic

#E05551 #51E055 #5551E0

tetradic

#E05551 #95E051 #51DCE0 #9C51E0

square

#E05551 #95E051 #51DCE0 #9C51E0

split-complementary

#E05551 #51E09C #5195E0

monochromatic

#9B1F1C #CF2A25 #E05551 #E98885 #F3BBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#E05551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#E05551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05551

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05551	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 85, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.175 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18b82',
    500: '#e05551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05551;
$custom-light: #f18b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.678,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63289,
    "c": 0.17459,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05551

secondary

#ABE0E2

accent

#E8ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05551

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

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