#E05959#E05959

#E05959 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.169 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05959
RGB	rgb(224, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, 52.66, 27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 59.45, 27.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% 0.1556 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.169 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1194, 23.7180, 12.1253)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05959 #59E0E0

analogous

#E0599D #E05959 #E09D59

triadic

#E05959 #59E059 #5959E0

tetradic

#E05959 #9DE059 #59E0E0 #9D59E0

square

#E05959 #9DE059 #59E0E0 #9D59E0

split-complementary

#E05959 #59E09D #599DE0

monochromatic

#A11E1E #D42828 #E05959 #EA8D8D #F3C0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E05959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#E05959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05959

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05959	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)

#7B7458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.169 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08d88',
    500: '#e05959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05959;
$custom-light: #f08d88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63925,
    "c": 0.16928,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05959

secondary

#B1E4E4

accent

#D0D015

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05959

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

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