#E1553E#E1553E

#E1553E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.179 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1553E
RGB	rgb(225, 85, 62)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 72.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, 53.26, 41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 67.66, 38.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% 0.1524 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.179 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1731, 22.8573, 7.1163)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1553E #3ECAE1

analogous

#E13E79 #E1553E #E1A73E

triadic

#E1553E #3EE155 #553EE1

tetradic

#E1553E #79E13E #3ECAE1 #A73EE1

square

#E1553E #79E13E #3ECAE1 #A73EE1

split-complementary

#E1553E #3EE1A7 #3E79E1

monochromatic

#8E2716 #C3361E #E1553E #E98473 #F1B2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#E1553E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#E1553E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E1553E

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1553E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1553E	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C703B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1553e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 85, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.179 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28b74',
    500: '#e1553e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1553e;
$custom-light: #f28b74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1553e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.466,
    "s": 73.094,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63172,
    "c": 0.17909,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1553E

secondary

#9CD5DF

accent

#D6F038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1553E

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

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