#E15535#E15535

#E15535 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.181 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15535
RGB	rgb(225, 85, 53)
HSL	hsl(11, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(11, 76%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 76.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, 52.89, 46.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 70.33, 41.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% 0.1495 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.181 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9462, 22.7666, 5.9217)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15535 #35C1E1

analogous

#E1356B #E15535 #E1AB35

triadic

#E15535 #35E155 #5535E1

tetradic

#E15535 #6BE135 #35C1E1 #AB35E1

square

#E15535 #6BE135 #35C1E1 #AB35E1

split-complementary

#E15535 #35E1AB #356BE1

monochromatic

#872A14 #BD3A1C #E15535 #E9826A #F1AFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#E15535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#E15535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15535

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15535	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)

#7C7031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7314F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 85, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.181 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38a6e',
    500: '#e15535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15535;
$custom-light: #f38a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.163,
    "s": 74.138,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63071,
    "c": 0.18102,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15535

secondary

#95D0DD

accent

#CEF137

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#190C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15535

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

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