#E15561#E15561

#E15561 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.174 H 18.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15561
RGB	rgb(225, 85, 97)
HSL	hsl(355, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(355, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, 55.31, 22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 59.71, 22.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.1652 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.174 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4608, 23.3724, 13.8983)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15561 #55E1D5

analogous

#E155A7 #E15561 #E18F55

triadic

#E15561 #61E155 #5561E1

tetradic

#E15561 #A7E155 #55E1D5 #8F55E1

square

#E15561 #A7E155 #55E1D5 #8F55E1

split-complementary

#E15561 #55E18F #55A7E1

monochromatic

#9F1C27 #D32534 #E15561 #EA8991 #F3BDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#E15561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#E15561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15561

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15561	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777261

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B905E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53B5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 85, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.174 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18b8d',
    500: '#e15561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15561;
$custom-light: #f18b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.857,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6374,
    "c": 0.17423,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15561

secondary

#AEE3DF

accent

#D2C214

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15561

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

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