#E05C48#E05C48

#E05C48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.169 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05C48
RGB	rgb(224, 92, 72)
HSL	hsl(8, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 67.9%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, 50.28, 37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 62.74, 36.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% 0.1451 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.169 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7409, 23.9742, 8.8751)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05C48 #48CCE0

analogous

#E04880 #E05C48 #E0A848

triadic

#E05C48 #48E05C #5C48E0

tetradic

#E05C48 #80E048 #48CCE0 #A848E0

square

#E05C48 #80E048 #48CCE0 #A848E0

split-complementary

#E05C48 #48E0A8 #4880E0

monochromatic

#942919 #C93822 #E05C48 #E98B7C #F2B9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#E05C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#E05C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05C48

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05C48	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	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)

#7F7445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F54058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 92, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.169 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18f7b',
    500: '#e05c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05c48;
$custom-light: #f18f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.895,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64037,
    "c": 0.16908,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05C48

secondary

#A4D8E0

accent

#D6EE3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05C48

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

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