#E05C45#E05C45
#E05C45 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.170 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E05C45 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(224, 92, 69) |
| HSL | hsl(9, 71%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(9, 69%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 69.2%, 12.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.02, 50.12, 39.13) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.02, 63.59, 37.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64% 0.144 0.0898) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64% 0.17 32) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.6454, 23.9360, 8.3722) |
| Luminance | 0.2393 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.85
Tomato (survey)
#EF4026
ΔE00 5.25
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 5.71
Orangey Red
#FA4224
ΔE00 5.95
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 6.10
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 6.16
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E05C45 #45C9E0
analogous
#E0457C #E05C45 #E0A945
triadic
#E05C45 #45E05C #5C45E0
tetradic
#E05C45 #7CE045 #45C9E0 #A945E0
square
#E05C45 #7CE045 #45C9E0 #A945E0
split-complementary
#E05C45 #45E0A9 #457CE0
monochromatic
#922A18 #C73A21 #E05C45 #E98A79 #F1B8AE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.63
#E05C45 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.79
#E05C45 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E05C45
5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E05C45 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E05C45 | 1.00 | 3.63 | 5.79 | 5.79 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7F7442
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A09141
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F53F57
Achromatopsia (no color)
#868686
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e05c45; /* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 92, 69); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.170 32.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f18f79',
500: '#e05c45',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e05c45; $custom-light: #f18f79; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e05c45",
"rgb": {
"r": 224,
"g": 92,
"b": 69
},
"hsl": {
"h": 8.903,
"s": 71.429,
"l": 57.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.63996,
"c": 0.16976,
"h": 32
},
"luminance": 0.23931
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E05C45
secondary
#A1D6E0
accent
#D3EE3A
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1ED
border
#D7CBC8
text
#180D09
muted
#867E7B