#E15159#E15159

#E15159 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.179 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15159
RGB	rgb(225, 81, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, 56.45, 26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 62.22, 24.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% 0.1675 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.179 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8004, 22.6185, 11.9299)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15159 #51E1D9

analogous

#E151A1 #E15159 #E19151

triadic

#E15159 #59E151 #5159E1

tetradic

#E15159 #A1E151 #51E1D9 #9151E1

square

#E15159 #A1E151 #51E1D9 #9151E1

split-complementary

#E15159 #51E191 #51A1E1

monochromatic

#9D1B22 #D1242E #E15159 #EA858B #F3B9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#E15159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#E15159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15159

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15159	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F63255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 81, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.179 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18987',
    500: '#e15159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15159;
$custom-light: #f18987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.667,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6311,
    "c": 0.17905,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15159

secondary

#ABE3E0

accent

#EDE33A

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15159

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

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