#E15556#E15556

#E15556 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.175 H 23.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15556
RGB	rgb(225, 85, 86)
HSL	hsl(360, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(360, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, 54.56, 28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 61.62, 27.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.161 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.175 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9830, 23.1813, 11.3819)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15556 #55E1E0

analogous

#E1559C #E15556 #E19A55

triadic

#E15556 #56E155 #5556E1

tetradic

#E15556 #9CE155 #55E1E0 #9A55E1

square

#E15556 #9CE155 #55E1E0 #9A55E1

split-complementary

#E15556 #55E19A #559CE1

monochromatic

#9F1C1D #D32527 #E15556 #EA898A #F3BDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#E15556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#E15556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15556

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15556	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F63857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 85, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.175 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18b85',
    500: '#e15556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15556;
$custom-light: #f18b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6353,
    "c": 0.17504,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15556

secondary

#AEE3E3

accent

#D2D114

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15556

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

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