#E05C42#E05C42

#E05C42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.170 H 33.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05C42
RGB	rgb(224, 92, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, 49.98, 40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 64.46, 39.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% 0.143 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.17 33)
XYZ	xyz(35.5546, 23.8997, 7.8941)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05C42 #42C6E0

analogous

#E04277 #E05C42 #E0AB42

triadic

#E05C42 #42E05C #5C42E0

tetradic

#E05C42 #77E042 #42C6E0 #AB42E0

square

#E05C42 #77E042 #42C6E0 #AB42E0

split-complementary

#E05C42 #42E0AB #4277E0

monochromatic

#902B18 #C53B20 #E05C42 #E98977 #F1B7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#E05C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#E05C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05C42

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05C42	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)

#80743F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F63F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 92, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.170 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18f77',
    500: '#e05c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05c42;
$custom-light: #f18f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.873,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63957,
    "c": 0.17046,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.23895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05C42

secondary

#9FD5DF

accent

#D1EF39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05C42

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

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