#E05C55#E05C55

#E05C55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.167 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05C55
RGB	rgb(224, 92, 85)
HSL	hsl(3, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 51.05, 30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 59.44, 30.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.1499 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.167 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2107, 24.1622, 11.3495)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05C55 #55D9E0

analogous

#E05593 #E05C55 #E0A255

triadic

#E05C55 #55E05C #5C55E0

tetradic

#E05C55 #93E055 #55D9E0 #A255E0

square

#E05C55 #93E055 #55D9E0 #A255E0

split-complementary

#E05C55 #55E0A2 #5593E0

monochromatic

#9E231D #D22F26 #E05C55 #E98E89 #F3BFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#E05C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#E05C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05C55

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05C55	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 92, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.167 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08f85',
    500: '#e05c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05c55;
$custom-light: #f08f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.022,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64239,
    "c": 0.16658,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05C55

secondary

#AEE0E3

accent

#C8D114

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05C55

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

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