#E15642#E15642

#E15642 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.177 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15642
RGB	rgb(225, 86, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, 53.01, 39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 66.28, 36.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.1524 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.177 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3662, 23.0614, 7.7422)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15642 #42CDE1

analogous

#E1427E #E15642 #E1A542

triadic

#E15642 #42E156 #5642E1

tetradic

#E15642 #7EE142 #42CDE1 #A542E1

square

#E15642 #7EE142 #42CDE1 #A542E1

split-complementary

#E15642 #42E1A5 #427EE1

monochromatic

#922617 #C6341F #E15642 #E98577 #F2B4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#E15642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#E15642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15642

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15642	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	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)

#7C713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 86, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.177 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28b77',
    500: '#e15642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15642;
$custom-light: #f28b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.547,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63345,
    "c": 0.17731,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15642

secondary

#9FD8E0

accent

#D8EF38

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15642

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

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