#E05A49#E05A49

#E05A49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.171 H 29.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05A49
RGB	rgb(224, 90, 73)
HSL	hsl(7, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 67.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, 51.24, 36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 62.96, 35.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% 0.1483 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.171 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6028, 23.6454, 8.9913)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05A49 #49CFE0

analogous

#E04983 #E05A49 #E0A549

triadic

#E05A49 #49E05A #5A49E0

tetradic

#E05A49 #83E049 #49CFE0 #A549E0

square

#E05A49 #83E049 #49CFE0 #A549E0

split-complementary

#E05A49 #49E0A5 #4983E0

monochromatic

#952719 #C93522 #E05A49 #E9897D #F2B9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#E05A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#E05A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05A49

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05A49	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 90, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.171 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18e7c',
    500: '#e05a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05a49;
$custom-light: #f18e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.755,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63792,
    "c": 0.17086,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05A49

secondary

#A4DAE0

accent

#D9EE3A

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05A49

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

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