#E05640#E05640

#E05640 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.177 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05640
RGB	rgb(224, 86, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 71.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 52.57, 40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 66.44, 37.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% 0.1507 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.177 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9973, 22.8779, 7.4225)
Luminance	0.2287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05640 #40CAE0

analogous

#E0407A #E05640 #E0A640

triadic

#E05640 #40E056 #5640E0

tetradic

#E05640 #7AE040 #40CAE0 #A640E0

square

#E05640 #7AE040 #40CAE0 #A640E0

split-complementary

#E05640 #40E0A6 #407AE0

monochromatic

#8E2817 #C33620 #E05640 #E98575 #F1B3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#E05640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#E05640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05640

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05640	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F63552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 86, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.177 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28b76',
    500: '#e05640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05640;
$custom-light: #f28b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.25,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63164,
    "c": 0.17666,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05640

secondary

#9DD6DF

accent

#D6EF39

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05640

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

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