#E05E38#E05E38

#E05E38 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.171 H 36.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05E38
RGB	rgb(224, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(14, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 75%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, 48.61, 46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 67.09, 43.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.1369 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.171 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4607, 24.1430, 6.5334)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05E38 #38BAE0

analogous

#E03866 #E05E38 #E0B238

triadic

#E05E38 #38E05E #5E38E0

tetradic

#E05E38 #66E038 #38BAE0 #B238E0

square

#E05E38 #66E038 #38BAE0 #B238E0

split-complementary

#E05E38 #38E0B2 #3866E0

monochromatic

#882F15 #BD421D #E05E38 #E8896D #F0B4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#E05E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#E05E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05E38

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05E38	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)

#827533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.171 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29071',
    500: '#e05e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05e38;
$custom-light: #f29071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.571,
    "s": 73.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64106,
    "c": 0.17111,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05E38

secondary

#97CDDD

accent

#C6F038

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF1EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05E38

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

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