#E15251#E15251

#E15251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.179 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15251
RGB	rgb(225, 82, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.70, 55.53, 30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.70, 63.51, 29.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.1631 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.179 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5574, 22.6411, 10.2808)
Luminance	0.2264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15251 #51E0E1

analogous

#E15198 #E15251 #E19A51

triadic

#E15251 #51E152 #5251E1

tetradic

#E15251 #98E151 #51E0E1 #9A51E1

square

#E15251 #98E151 #51E0E1 #9A51E1

split-complementary

#E15251 #51E19A #5198E1

monochromatic

#9D1C1B #D12524 #E15251 #EA8685 #F3BAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#E15251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#E15251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15251

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15251	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F63253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 82, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.179 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28982',
    500: '#e15251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15251;
$custom-light: #f28982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.417,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63085,
    "c": 0.17878,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15251

secondary

#ABE2E3

accent

#ECED3A

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15251

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

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