#E05A45#E05A45

#E05A45 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.172 H 31.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05A45
RGB	rgb(224, 90, 69)
HSL	hsl(8, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 69.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 51.03, 38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 64.07, 37.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.1469 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.172 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4744, 23.5941, 8.3152)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05A45 #45CBE0

analogous

#E0457E #E05A45 #E0A845

triadic

#E05A45 #45E05A #5A45E0

tetradic

#E05A45 #7EE045 #45CBE0 #A845E0

square

#E05A45 #7EE045 #45CBE0 #A845E0

split-complementary

#E05A45 #45E0A8 #457EE0

monochromatic

#922918 #C73821 #E05A45 #E98979 #F1B7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#E05A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#E05A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05A45

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05A45	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F63C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 90, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.172 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18d79',
    500: '#e05a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05a45;
$custom-light: #f18d79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.129,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63736,
    "c": 0.17172,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05A45

secondary

#A1D7E0

accent

#D6EE3A

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05A45

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

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