#E05F42#E05F42

#E05F42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.168 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05F42
RGB	rgb(224, 95, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 48.59, 41.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 63.79, 40.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% 0.1387 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.168 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8196, 24.4298, 7.9824)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05F42 #42C3E0

analogous

#E04274 #E05F42 #E0AE42

triadic

#E05F42 #42E05F #5F42E0

tetradic

#E05F42 #74E042 #42C3E0 #AE42E0

square

#E05F42 #74E042 #42C3E0 #AE42E0

split-complementary

#E05F42 #42E0AE #4274E0

monochromatic

#902E18 #C53E20 #E05F42 #E98C77 #F1B8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#E05F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#E05F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05F42

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05F42	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)

#82763E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 95, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.168 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19077',
    500: '#e05f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05f42;
$custom-light: #f19077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.013,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64356,
    "c": 0.16761,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05F42

secondary

#9FD3DF

accent

#CDEF39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05F42

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

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