#E05957#E05957

#E05957 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.170 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05957
RGB	rgb(224, 89, 87)
HSL	hsl(1, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 61.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, 52.53, 28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 59.85, 28.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% 0.1549 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.17 24)
XYZ	xyz(36.0365, 23.6849, 11.6890)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05957 #57DEE0

analogous

#E05799 #E05957 #E09D57

triadic

#E05957 #57E059 #5957E0

tetradic

#E05957 #99E057 #57DEE0 #9D57E0

square

#E05957 #99E057 #57DEE0 #9D57E0

split-complementary

#E05957 #57E09D #5799E0

monochromatic

#9F1F1D #D32927 #E05957 #EA8C8B #F3BFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E05957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#E05957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05957

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05957	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 89, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.170 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08d86',
    500: '#e05957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05957;
$custom-light: #f08d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.876,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63889,
    "c": 0.16952,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.2368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05957

secondary

#B0E2E3

accent

#CED115

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05957

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

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