#E05B51#E05B51

#E05B51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.168 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05B51
RGB	rgb(224, 91, 81)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, 51.25, 32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 60.65, 32.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% 0.1498 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.168 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9702, 23.9283, 10.5075)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05B51 #51D6E0

analogous

#E0518E #E05B51 #E0A351

triadic

#E05B51 #51E05B #5B51E0

tetradic

#E05B51 #8EE051 #51D6E0 #A351E0

square

#E05B51 #8EE051 #51D6E0 #A351E0

split-complementary

#E05B51 #51E0A3 #518EE0

monochromatic

#9B251C #CF3125 #E05B51 #E98C85 #F3BDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#E05B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#E05B51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05B51

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05B51	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D744F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F54059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 91, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.168 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08e82',
    500: '#e05b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05b51;
$custom-light: #f08e82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.196,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64043,
    "c": 0.1683,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05B51

secondary

#ABDEE2

accent

#E0ED3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05B51

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

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