#E05C51#E05C51

#E05C51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.167 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05C51
RGB	rgb(224, 92, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, 50.80, 32.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 60.38, 32.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.1484 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.167 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0563, 24.1004, 10.5361)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05C51 #51D5E0

analogous

#E0518E #E05C51 #E0A351

triadic

#E05C51 #51E05C #5C51E0

tetradic

#E05C51 #8EE051 #51D5E0 #A351E0

square

#E05C51 #8EE051 #51D5E0 #A351E0

split-complementary

#E05C51 #51E0A3 #518EE0

monochromatic

#9B251C #CF3225 #E05C51 #E98D85 #F3BDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#E05C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#E05C51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05C51

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05C51	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)

#7E754F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5415A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 92, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.167 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08f82',
    500: '#e05c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05c51;
$custom-light: #f08f82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64173,
    "c": 0.16726,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05C51

secondary

#ABDEE2

accent

#DFED3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05C51

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

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