#E05E42#E05E42

#E05E42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.169 H 33.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05E42
RGB	rgb(224, 94, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, 49.06, 41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 64.01, 39.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.1402 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.169 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7301, 24.2508, 7.9526)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05E42 #42C4E0

analogous

#E04275 #E05E42 #E0AD42

triadic

#E05E42 #42E05E #5E42E0

tetradic

#E05E42 #75E042 #42C4E0 #AD42E0

square

#E05E42 #75E042 #42C4E0 #AD42E0

split-complementary

#E05E42 #42E0AD #4275E0

monochromatic

#902D18 #C53D20 #E05E42 #E98B77 #F1B8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E05E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#E05E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05E42

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05E42	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 94, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.169 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19077',
    500: '#e05e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05e42;
$custom-light: #f19077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.633,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64222,
    "c": 0.16856,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05E42

secondary

#9FD4DF

accent

#CEEF39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05E42

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

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