#E05E55#E05E55

#E05E55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.164 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05E55
RGB	rgb(224, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(4, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, 50.13, 30.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 58.88, 31.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% 0.147 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.164 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3862, 24.5132, 11.4080)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05E55 #55D7E0

analogous

#E05591 #E05E55 #E0A355

triadic

#E05E55 #55E05E #5E55E0

tetradic

#E05E55 #91E055 #55D7E0 #A355E0

square

#E05E55 #91E055 #55D7E0 #A355E0

split-complementary

#E05E55 #55E0A3 #5591E0

monochromatic

#9E251D #D23126 #E05E55 #E98F89 #F3C0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#E05E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#E05E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05E55

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05E55	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.164 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09085',
    500: '#e05e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05e55;
$custom-light: #f09085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.885,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64502,
    "c": 0.16443,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05E55

secondary

#AEDFE3

accent

#C5D114

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05E55

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

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