#E05C56#E05C56

#E05C56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.166 H 25.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05C56
RGB	rgb(224, 92, 86)
HSL	hsl(3, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 51.11, 29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 59.21, 30.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% 0.1503 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.166 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2507, 24.1782, 11.5602)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05C56 #56DAE0

analogous

#E05695 #E05C56 #E0A156

triadic

#E05C56 #56E05C #5C56E0

tetradic

#E05C56 #95E056 #56DAE0 #A156E0

square

#E05C56 #95E056 #56DAE0 #A156E0

split-complementary

#E05C56 #56E0A1 #5695E0

monochromatic

#9F231D #D22E27 #E05C56 #E98E8A #F3C0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#E05C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#E05C56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05C56

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05C56	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)

#7E7555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 92, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.166 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08f85',
    500: '#e05c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05c56;
$custom-light: #f08f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.609,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64256,
    "c": 0.16642,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05C56

secondary

#AFE1E3

accent

#C9D115

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05C56

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

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