#E05859#E05859

#E05859 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.170 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05859
RGB	rgb(224, 88, 89)
HSL	hsl(360, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(360, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 53.11, 27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 59.74, 27.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.157 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.17 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0367, 23.5527, 12.0977)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05859 #58E0DF

analogous

#E0589D #E05859 #E09B58

triadic

#E05859 #59E058 #5859E0

tetradic

#E05859 #9DE058 #58E0DF #9B58E0

square

#E05859 #9DE058 #58E0DF #9B58E0

split-complementary

#E05859 #58E09B #589DE0

monochromatic

#A01E1F #D42729 #E05859 #EA8C8C #F3BFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#E05859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#E05859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05859

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05859	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 88, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.170 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08d88',
    500: '#e05859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05859;
$custom-light: #f08d88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.559,
    "s": 68.687,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63799,
    "c": 0.17038,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05859

secondary

#B0E3E3

accent

#D1CF15

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05859

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

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