#E05950#E05950

#E05950 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.171 H 26.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05950
RGB	rgb(224, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 64.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 52.09, 32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 61.43, 32.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.1522 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.171 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7643, 23.5760, 10.2552)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05950 #50D7E0

analogous

#E0508F #E05950 #E0A150

triadic

#E05950 #50E059 #5950E0

tetradic

#E05950 #8FE050 #50D7E0 #A150E0

square

#E05950 #8FE050 #50D7E0 #A150E0

split-complementary

#E05950 #50E0A1 #508FE0

monochromatic

#9A231B #CE2F25 #E05950 #E98A84 #F2BCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#E05950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#E05950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05950

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05950	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)

#7C734E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.171 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18d81',
    500: '#e05950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05950;
$custom-light: #f18d81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 69.903,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63771,
    "c": 0.17056,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05950

secondary

#AADEE2

accent

#E2ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05950

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

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