#E05559#E05559

#E05559 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.174 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05559
RGB	rgb(224, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(358, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(358, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, 54.42, 26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 60.63, 26.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% 0.1612 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.174 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7955, 23.0703, 12.0173)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05559 #55E0DC

analogous

#E0559F #E05559 #E09655

triadic

#E05559 #59E055 #5559E0

tetradic

#E05559 #9FE055 #55E0DC #9655E0

square

#E05559 #9FE055 #55E0DC #9655E0

split-complementary

#E05559 #55E096 #559FE0

monochromatic

#9E1D20 #D2262B #E05559 #E9898C #F3BDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#E05559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#E05559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05559

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05559	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	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)

#787158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.174 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08b88',
    500: '#e05559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05559;
$custom-light: #f08b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.273,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63429,
    "c": 0.17366,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05559

secondary

#AEE3E1

accent

#D1CC14

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05559

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

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