#E15555#E15555

#E15555 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.175 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15555
RGB	rgb(225, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, 54.49, 29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 61.83, 28.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.1606 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.175 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9430, 23.1653, 11.1712)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15555 #55E1E1

analogous

#E1559B #E15555 #E19B55

triadic

#E15555 #55E155 #5555E1

tetradic

#E15555 #9BE155 #55E1E1 #9B55E1

square

#E15555 #9BE155 #55E1E1 #9B55E1

split-complementary

#E15555 #55E19B #559BE1

monochromatic

#9F1C1C #D32525 #E15555 #EA8989 #F3BDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#E15555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#E15555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15555

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15555	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F63856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.175 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18b85',
    500: '#e15555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15555;
$custom-light: #f18b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63512,
    "c": 0.17515,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15555

secondary

#AEE3E3

accent

#D2D214

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15555

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

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