#E05560#E05560

#E05560 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.173 H 18.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05560
RGB	rgb(224, 85, 96)
HSL	hsl(355, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(355, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 57.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, 54.91, 22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 59.46, 22.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.1639 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.173 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1035, 23.1935, 13.6397)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05560 #55E0D5

analogous

#E055A5 #E05560 #E08F55

triadic

#E05560 #60E055 #5560E0

tetradic

#E05560 #A5E055 #55E0D5 #8F55E0

square

#E05560 #A5E055 #55E0D5 #8F55E0

split-complementary

#E05560 #55E08F #55A5E0

monochromatic

#9E1D27 #D22634 #E05560 #E98990 #F3BDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#E05560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#E05560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05560

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05560	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8F5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F43B5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 85, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.173 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08b8d',
    500: '#e05560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05560;
$custom-light: #f08b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.252,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63565,
    "c": 0.1732,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05560

secondary

#AEE3DF

accent

#D1C214

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05560

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

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