#E15240#E15240

#E15240 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.182 H 30.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15240
RGB	rgb(225, 82, 64)
HSL	hsl(7, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, 54.64, 40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 67.79, 36.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.1571 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.182 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9978, 22.4173, 7.3336)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15240 #40CFE1

analogous

#E1407F #E15240 #E1A340

triadic

#E15240 #40E152 #5240E1

tetradic

#E15240 #7FE140 #40CFE1 #A340E1

square

#E15240 #7FE140 #40CFE1 #A340E1

split-complementary

#E15240 #40E1A3 #407FE1

monochromatic

#902417 #C5311F #E15240 #E98275 #F2B2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#E15240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#E15240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15240

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15240	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F72E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 82, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.182 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38976',
    500: '#e15240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15240;
$custom-light: #f38976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.708,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62834,
    "c": 0.18154,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15240

secondary

#9DD8DF

accent

#DBF038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15240

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

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