#E05938#E05938

#E05938 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.176 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05938
RGB	rgb(224, 89, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(12, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 75%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, 50.89, 45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 68.14, 41.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.144 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.176 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0304, 23.2824, 6.3900)
Luminance	0.2328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05938 #38BFE0

analogous

#E0386B #E05938 #E0AD38

triadic

#E05938 #38E059 #5938E0

tetradic

#E05938 #6BE038 #38BFE0 #AD38E0

square

#E05938 #6BE038 #38BFE0 #AD38E0

split-complementary

#E05938 #38E0AD #386BE0

monochromatic

#882C15 #BD3D1D #E05938 #E8856D #F0B1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#E05938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#E05938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05938

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05938	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F63952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 89, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.176 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28d70',
    500: '#e05938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05938;
$custom-light: #f28d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.786,
    "s": 73.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6345,
    "c": 0.17565,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05938

secondary

#97CFDD

accent

#CCF038

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05938

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

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