#E05557#E05557

#E05557 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.174 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05557
RGB	rgb(224, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 61.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, 54.29, 27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 61.01, 27.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.1604 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.174 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7127, 23.0372, 11.5810)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05557 #55E0DE

analogous

#E0559C #E05557 #E09955

triadic

#E05557 #57E055 #5557E0

tetradic

#E05557 #9CE055 #55E0DE #9955E0

square

#E05557 #9CE055 #55E0DE #9955E0

split-complementary

#E05557 #55E099 #559CE0

monochromatic

#9E1D1F #D22629 #E05557 #E9898A #F3BDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#E05557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#E05557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05557

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05557	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.174 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08b86',
    500: '#e05557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05557;
$custom-light: #f08b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.137,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63393,
    "c": 0.17385,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05557

secondary

#AEE3E2

accent

#D1CE14

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05557

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

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