#E15640#E15640

#E15640 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.178 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15640
RGB	rgb(225, 86, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, 52.92, 40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 66.85, 37.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.1517 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.178 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3082, 23.0382, 7.4371)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15640 #40CBE1

analogous

#E1407B #E15640 #E1A740

triadic

#E15640 #40E156 #5640E1

tetradic

#E15640 #7BE140 #40CBE1 #A740E1

square

#E15640 #7BE140 #40CBE1 #A740E1

split-complementary

#E15640 #40E1A7 #407BE1

monochromatic

#902717 #C5361F #E15640 #E98575 #F2B4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#E15640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#E15640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15640

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15640	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 86, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.178 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28b76',
    500: '#e15640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15640;
$custom-light: #f28b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.199,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6332,
    "c": 0.17772,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15640

secondary

#9DD6DF

accent

#D6F038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15640

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

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