#E05E56#E05E56

#E05E56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.164 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05E56
RGB	rgb(224, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(3, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, 50.19, 30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 58.65, 31.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% 0.1474 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.164 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4262, 24.5293, 11.6187)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05E56 #56D8E0

analogous

#E05693 #E05E56 #E0A356

triadic

#E05E56 #56E05E #5E56E0

tetradic

#E05E56 #93E056 #56D8E0 #A356E0

square

#E05E56 #93E056 #56D8E0 #A356E0

split-complementary

#E05E56 #56E0A3 #5693E0

monochromatic

#9F251D #D23127 #E05E56 #E98F8A #F3C1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#E05E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#E05E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05E56

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05E56	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.164 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09086',
    500: '#e05e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05e56;
$custom-light: #f09086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.478,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64519,
    "c": 0.16426,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05E56

secondary

#AFE0E3

accent

#C6D115

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05E56

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

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