#E05956#E05956

#E05956 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.170 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05956
RGB	rgb(224, 89, 86)
HSL	hsl(1, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, 52.46, 29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 60.06, 29.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% 0.1545 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.17 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9959, 23.6687, 11.4753)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05956 #56DDE0

analogous

#E05698 #E05956 #E09E56

triadic

#E05956 #56E059 #5956E0

tetradic

#E05956 #98E056 #56DDE0 #9E56E0

square

#E05956 #98E056 #56DDE0 #9E56E0

split-complementary

#E05956 #56E09E #5698E0

monochromatic

#9F201D #D22A27 #E05956 #E98C8A #F3BFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E05956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#E05956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05956

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05956	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 89, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.170 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08d85',
    500: '#e05956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05956;
$custom-light: #f08d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.304,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63871,
    "c": 0.16966,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05956

secondary

#AFE2E3

accent

#CDD115

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05956

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

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