#E05B56#E05B56

#E05B56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.168 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05B56
RGB	rgb(224, 91, 86)
HSL	hsl(2, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 51.56, 29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 59.49, 29.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% 0.1517 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.168 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1646, 24.0061, 11.5315)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05B56 #56DBE0

analogous

#E05696 #E05B56 #E0A056

triadic

#E05B56 #56E05B #5B56E0

tetradic

#E05B56 #96E056 #56DBE0 #A056E0

square

#E05B56 #96E056 #56DBE0 #A056E0

split-complementary

#E05B56 #56E0A0 #5696E0

monochromatic

#9F221D #D22D27 #E05B56 #E98D8A #F3BFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#E05B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#E05B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05B56

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05B56	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5415B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 91, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.168 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08e85',
    500: '#e05b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05b56;
$custom-light: #f08e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.174,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64127,
    "c": 0.1675,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05B56

secondary

#AFE1E3

accent

#CAD115

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05B56

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

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