#E15256#E15256

#E15256 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.178 H 22.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15256
RGB	rgb(225, 82, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 55.84, 28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 62.48, 26.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% 0.165 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.178 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7518, 22.7189, 11.3049)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15256 #52E1DD

analogous

#E1529D #E15256 #E19652

triadic

#E15256 #56E152 #5256E1

tetradic

#E15256 #9DE152 #52E1DD #9652E1

square

#E15256 #9DE152 #52E1DD #9652E1

split-complementary

#E15256 #52E196 #529DE1

monochromatic

#9D1B1F #D12429 #E15256 #EA8689 #F3BABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#E15256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#E15256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15256

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15256	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F63355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 82, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.178 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18985',
    500: '#e15256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15256;
$custom-light: #f18985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.322,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63172,
    "c": 0.17823,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15256

secondary

#ACE3E1

accent

#D2CD13

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15256

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

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