#E05E51#E05E51

#E05E51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.165 H 28.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05E51
RGB	rgb(224, 94, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, 49.88, 33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 59.85, 33.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% 0.1455 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.165 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2318, 24.4515, 10.5947)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05E51 #51D3E0

analogous

#E0518B #E05E51 #E0A651

triadic

#E05E51 #51E05E #5E51E0

tetradic

#E05E51 #8BE051 #51D3E0 #A651E0

square

#E05E51 #8BE051 #51D3E0 #A651E0

split-complementary

#E05E51 #51E0A6 #518BE0

monochromatic

#9B271C #CF3425 #E05E51 #E98E85 #F3BEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#E05E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#E05E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05E51

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05E51	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80764F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 94, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.165 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09082',
    500: '#e05e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05e51;
$custom-light: #f09082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64436,
    "c": 0.16517,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05E51

secondary

#ABDDE2

accent

#DCED3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05E51

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

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