#E05A3C#E05A3C

#E05A3C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.174 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05A3C
RGB	rgb(224, 90, 60)
HSL	hsl(11, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(11, 73%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 73.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, 50.61, 43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 66.71, 40.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% 0.1439 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.174 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2159, 23.4907, 6.9539)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05A3C #3CC2E0

analogous

#E03C70 #E05A3C #E0AC3C

triadic

#E05A3C #3CE05A #5A3CE0

tetradic

#E05A3C #70E03C #3CC2E0 #AC3CE0

square

#E05A3C #70E03C #3CC2E0 #AC3CE0

split-complementary

#E05A3C #3CE0AC #3C70E0

monochromatic

#8B2C16 #C03C1F #E05A3C #E88771 #F1B3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#E05A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#E05A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05A3C

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05A3C	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F63B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 90, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.174 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28d73',
    500: '#e05a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05a3c;
$custom-light: #f28d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.976,
    "s": 72.566,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63623,
    "c": 0.17379,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05A3C

secondary

#9AD2DE

accent

#CEEF39

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05A3C

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

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