#E15540#E15540

#E15540 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.179 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15540
RGB	rgb(225, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 53.35, 40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 67.08, 37.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.153 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.179 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2290, 22.8796, 7.4106)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15540 #40CCE1

analogous

#E1407C #E15540 #E1A640

triadic

#E15540 #40E155 #5540E1

tetradic

#E15540 #7CE140 #40CCE1 #A640E1

square

#E15540 #7CE140 #40CCE1 #A640E1

split-complementary

#E15540 #40E1A6 #407CE1

monochromatic

#902617 #C5351F #E15540 #E98475 #F2B3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#E15540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#E15540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15540

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15540	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)

#7B703D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.179 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28b76',
    500: '#e15540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15540;
$custom-light: #f28b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.826,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63196,
    "c": 0.17868,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15540

secondary

#9DD7DF

accent

#D8F038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15540

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

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