Tailwind CSS v3 color
Tailwind rose-600 #E11D48
Tailwind CSS v3's rose-600 is #E11D48. It is a vivid red in the red family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.586, chroma 0.222 and hue 17.6°. The nearest CSS named color is crimson (#DC143C), ΔE2000 2.9 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.1735
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.586 · 0.222 · 17.6
- Best text
- White 4.69:1
- Hue family
- Red
#E11D48 color codes
- HEX
#E11D48- RGB
rgb(225, 29, 72)- HSL
hsl(347, 77%, 50%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.586 0.222 17.6)- OKLab
oklab(0.586 0.212 0.067)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 48.71, a* 71.30, b* 28.65- XYZ (D65)
X 32.66, Y 17.36, Z 7.76- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 87%, 68%, 12%)
CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.
Legibility
Contrast: is #E11D48 accessible?
White text on it reaches 4.69:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 4.47:1, enough for large text only.
WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.
Open the Contrast System-
Black text on it
4.47:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +33
-
White text on it
4.69:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −75
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As text on black
4.47:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −31
-
As text on white
4.69:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +70
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#E11D48 4.69:1
It already reaches 4.69:1 on white, so no change is needed.
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For text on black
#E32049 4.56:1
Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.59 to 0.59 reaches 4.56:1 on black, keeping the hue.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #E11D48 live
Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.
Scale
Shades and tints of #E11D48
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #E11D48 sits at step 500.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Tailwind CSS v3 rose scale
The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.
Gamut
How vivid #E11D48 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.235; #E11D48 uses 95% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.265 there: 13% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.222
- sRGB edge
- 0.235
- Display P3 edge
- 0.265
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.309
- Dominant wavelength
- 638 nm
- Excitation purity
- 63%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.5653, y 0.3004
- This color#E11D48
- Most vivid in sRGB#E60045
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.586 0.265 17.6)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #e11d48;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.8629 0 0.2572); }
}Mixing
Mixing #E11D48
Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.
White #FFFFFF
- sRGB50%#F08EA4
- OKLab50%#FB9EA1
- OKLCH50%#FB9EA1
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#710F24
- OKLab50%#560516
- OKLCH50%#560516
Its complement #008E91
- sRGB50%#71566D
- OKLab50%#9D6E6F
- OKLCH50%#858100
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #e11d48, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #e11d48 50%, white);In use
#E11D48 in an interface
A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.
Light page
- Button labelText, 4.5:14.69:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.69:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:14.69:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.69:1 Passes
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:14.69:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.98:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:13.98:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.98:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #EC2D51 4.51:1
Color vision
How #E11D48 looks with color blindness
Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 44.1; tritanopia changes it least, 7.4.
Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.
Simulate a whole page What each type sees-
Protanopia
No working red (long-wavelength) cones
#5F5A48 ΔE2000 35.0
Distinct
Reads as dark grayish brown
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#8E8242 ΔE2000 44.1
Distinct
Reads as muted amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#F70032 ΔE2000 7.4
Noticeable
Reads as vivid red
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#747474 ΔE2000 28.3
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #008E91. Their lightness contrast is only 1.18:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #E11D48 · #008E91 | 58.8 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #5F5A48 · #838791 | 23.3 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #8E8242 · #727A92 | 33.4 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #F70032 · #00938F | 61.2 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #747474 · #7F7F7F | 4.3 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #E11D48
Its complement is #008E91, a muted cyan, on the cool side of the wheel.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#E11D48
- Complement#008E91
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#D12894
- Base#E11D48
- +30°#C55600
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#E11D48
- +120°#3D9300
- +240°#0075F7
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#E11D48
- +150°#00926E
- +210°#0088B0
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-rose-600: #e11d48;
}// tailwind.config.js — already built in as rose-600;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
rose: { 600: '#e11d48' },
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
/* v4 has its own rose-600; this pins the v3 value. */
--color-rose-600: oklch(0.586 0.222 17.6);
}{
"color": {
"rose-600": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.8824, 0.1137, 0.2824],
"hex": "#e11d48"
},
"$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 rose-600"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let rose600 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.882, green: 0.114, blue: 0.282, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val Rose600 = Color(0xFFE11D48)
}Matches
The nearest match in each system
The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.
Tools
Open #E11D48 in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.