#E05A42#E05A42

#E05A42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.172 H 32.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05A42
RGB	rgb(224, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 50.88, 40.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 64.93, 38.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.1458 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.172 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3836, 23.5578, 7.8371)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05A42 #42C8E0

analogous

#E04279 #E05A42 #E0A942

triadic

#E05A42 #42E05A #5A42E0

tetradic

#E05A42 #79E042 #42C8E0 #A942E0

square

#E05A42 #79E042 #42C8E0 #A942E0

split-complementary

#E05A42 #42E0A9 #4279E0

monochromatic

#902A18 #C53920 #E05A42 #E98877 #F1B6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#E05A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#E05A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05A42

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05A42	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)

#7E733F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F63C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.172 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18d77',
    500: '#e05a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05a42;
$custom-light: #f18d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.114,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63696,
    "c": 0.17239,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05A42

secondary

#9FD5DF

accent

#D3EF39

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05A42

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

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