#E05C50#E05C50
#E05C50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.167 H 27.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E05C50 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(224, 92, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(5, 70%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(5, 64%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 64.3%, 12.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.17, 50.74, 33.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.17, 60.63, 33.19°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.16% 0.148 0.0783) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.16% 0.167 27.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.0190, 24.0855, 10.3401) |
| Luminance | 0.2408 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 2.66
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.18
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.87
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 4.93
Dark Salmon
#C85A53
ΔE00 5.16
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.18
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E05C50 #50D4E0
analogous
#E0508C #E05C50 #E0A450
triadic
#E05C50 #50E05C #5C50E0
tetradic
#E05C50 #8CE050 #50D4E0 #A450E0
square
#E05C50 #8CE050 #50D4E0 #A450E0
split-complementary
#E05C50 #50E0A4 #508CE0
monochromatic
#9A261B #CE3325 #E05C50 #E98C84 #F2BDB8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.61
#E05C50 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.82
#E05C50 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E05C50
5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E05C50 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E05C50 | 1.00 | 3.61 | 5.82 | 5.82 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.82 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.82 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E754E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F914D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5415A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#878787
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e05c50; /* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 92, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.167 27.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f08f81',
500: '#e05c50',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e05c50; $custom-light: #f08f81; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e05c50",
"rgb": {
"r": 224,
"g": 92,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 5,
"s": 69.903,
"l": 59.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64157,
"c": 0.16745,
"h": 27.9
},
"luminance": 0.24081
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E05C50
secondary
#AADDE2
accent
#DEED3B
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180D0A
muted
#867E7C