#E05F40#E05F40

#E05F40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.168 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05F40
RGB	rgb(224, 95, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 71.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 48.50, 42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 64.39, 41.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% 0.1381 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.168 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7617, 24.4066, 7.6773)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05F40 #40C1E0

analogous

#E04071 #E05F40 #E0AF40

triadic

#E05F40 #40E05F #5F40E0

tetradic

#E05F40 #71E040 #40C1E0 #AF40E0

square

#E05F40 #71E040 #40C1E0 #AF40E0

split-complementary

#E05F40 #40E0AF #4071E0

monochromatic

#8E2E17 #C33F20 #E05F40 #E98B75 #F1B7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#E05F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#E05F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05F40

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05F40	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 95, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.168 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19076',
    500: '#e05f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05f40;
$custom-light: #f19076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.625,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64331,
    "c": 0.16812,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05F40

secondary

#9DD2DF

accent

#CCEF39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05F40

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

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