#E15542#E15542

#E15542 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.178 H 30.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15542
RGB	rgb(225, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 53.44, 39.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 66.52, 36.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% 0.1537 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.178 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2869, 22.9028, 7.7158)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15542 #42CEE1

analogous

#E1427E #E15542 #E1A542

triadic

#E15542 #42E155 #5542E1

tetradic

#E15542 #7EE142 #42CEE1 #A542E1

square

#E15542 #7EE142 #42CEE1 #A542E1

split-complementary

#E15542 #42E1A5 #427EE1

monochromatic

#922617 #C6331F #E15542 #E98577 #F2B4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#E15542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#E15542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15542

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15542	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.178 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28b77',
    500: '#e15542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15542;
$custom-light: #f28b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.17,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63222,
    "c": 0.17828,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15542

secondary

#9FD8E0

accent

#D9EF38

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15542

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

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