#E05F38#E05F38

#E05F38 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.170 H 37.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05F38
RGB	rgb(224, 95, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(14, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 75%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, 48.14, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 66.88, 43.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.1355 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.17 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5502, 24.3220, 6.5632)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05F38 #38B9E0

analogous

#E03865 #E05F38 #E0B338

triadic

#E05F38 #38E05F #5F38E0

tetradic

#E05F38 #65E038 #38B9E0 #B338E0

square

#E05F38 #65E038 #38B9E0 #B338E0

split-complementary

#E05F38 #38E0B3 #3865E0

monochromatic

#883015 #BD431D #E05F38 #E88A6D #F0B4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#E05F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#E05F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05F38

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05F38	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 95, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.170 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29071',
    500: '#e05f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05f38;
$custom-light: #f29071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.929,
    "s": 73.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64241,
    "c": 0.17021,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05F38

secondary

#97CDDD

accent

#C5F038

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF1EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05F38

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

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