#E15551#E15551

#E15551 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.176 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15551
RGB	rgb(225, 85, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, 54.25, 31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 62.69, 30.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% 0.1591 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.176 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7886, 23.1035, 10.3579)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E15551 #51DDE1

analogous

#E15195 #E15551 #E19D51

triadic

#E15551 #51E155 #5551E1

tetradic

#E15551 #95E151 #51DDE1 #9D51E1

square

#E15551 #95E151 #51DDE1 #9D51E1

split-complementary

#E15551 #51E19D #5195E1

monochromatic

#9D1F1B #D12924 #E15551 #EA8885 #F3BBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#E15551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#E15551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15551

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15551	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F63755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 85, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.176 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18b82',
    500: '#e15551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15551;
$custom-light: #f18b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.667,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63444,
    "c": 0.17566,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15551

secondary

#ABE1E3

accent

#E8ED3A

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15551

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

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