#E05A50#E05A50

#E05A50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.170 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05A50
RGB	rgb(224, 90, 80)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 64.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, 51.64, 32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 61.16, 32.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.1508 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.17 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8481, 23.7436, 10.2831)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05A50 #50D6E0

analogous

#E0508E #E05A50 #E0A250

triadic

#E05A50 #50E05A #5A50E0

tetradic

#E05A50 #8EE050 #50D6E0 #A250E0

square

#E05A50 #8EE050 #50D6E0 #A250E0

split-complementary

#E05A50 #50E0A2 #508EE0

monochromatic

#9A241B #CE3025 #E05A50 #E98B84 #F2BCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#E05A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#E05A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05A50

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05A50	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D744E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E914D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 90, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.170 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18e81',
    500: '#e05a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05a50;
$custom-light: #f18e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.167,
    "s": 69.903,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63898,
    "c": 0.16952,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05A50

secondary

#AADEE2

accent

#E0ED3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05A50

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

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