#E05656#E05656

#E05656 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.173 H 23.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05656
RGB	rgb(224, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, 53.79, 28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 60.92, 28.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.1587 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.173 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7514, 23.1795, 11.3938)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05656 #56E0E0

analogous

#E0569B #E05656 #E09B56

triadic

#E05656 #56E056 #5656E0

tetradic

#E05656 #9BE056 #56E0E0 #9B56E0

square

#E05656 #9BE056 #56E0E0 #9B56E0

split-complementary

#E05656 #56E09B #569BE0

monochromatic

#9F1D1D #D22727 #E05656 #E98A8A #F3BDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#E05656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#E05656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05656

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05656	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	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)

#797255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.173 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08b85',
    500: '#e05656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05656;
$custom-light: #f08b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63497,
    "c": 0.17288,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05656

secondary

#AFE3E3

accent

#D1D115

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05656

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

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