#E15442#E15442

#E15442 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.179 H 30.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15442
RGB	rgb(225, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, 53.88, 39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 66.76, 36.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% 0.1551 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.179 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2087, 22.7465, 7.6897)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15442 #42CFE1

analogous

#E14280 #E15442 #E1A342

triadic

#E15442 #42E154 #5442E1

tetradic

#E15442 #80E142 #42CFE1 #A342E1

square

#E15442 #80E142 #42CFE1 #A342E1

split-complementary

#E15442 #42E1A3 #4280E1

monochromatic

#922517 #C6321F #E15442 #E98477 #F2B4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#E15442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#E15442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15442

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15442	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.179 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28a77',
    500: '#e15442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15442;
$custom-light: #f28a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.792,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.631,
    "c": 0.17923,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15442

secondary

#9FD8E0

accent

#DBEF38

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15442

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

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