#E05562#E05562

#E05562 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.173 H 18.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05562
RGB	rgb(224, 85, 98)
HSL	hsl(354, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(354, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 56.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, 55.05, 21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 59.17, 21.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.1647 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.173 18)
XYZ	xyz(36.1968, 23.2308, 14.1308)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05562 #55E0D3

analogous

#E055A8 #E05562 #E08D55

triadic

#E05562 #62E055 #5562E0

tetradic

#E05562 #A8E055 #55E0D3 #8D55E0

square

#E05562 #A8E055 #55E0D3 #8D55E0

split-complementary

#E05562 #55E08D #55A8E0

monochromatic

#9E1D29 #D22636 #E05562 #E98992 #F3BDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#E05562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#E05562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05562

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05562	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777262

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8F5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F43B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 85, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.173 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08b8e',
    500: '#e05562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05562;
$custom-light: #f08b8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.388,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63606,
    "c": 0.17314,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.23226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05562

secondary

#AEE3DE

accent

#D1BF14

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05562

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

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