#E15656#E15656

#E15656 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.174 H 23.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15656
RGB	rgb(225, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, 54.12, 28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 61.33, 28.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.1596 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.174 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0623, 23.3398, 11.4084)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15656 #56E1E1

analogous

#E1569B #E15656 #E19B56

triadic

#E15656 #56E156 #5656E1

tetradic

#E15656 #9BE156 #56E1E1 #9B56E1

square

#E15656 #9BE156 #56E1E1 #9B56E1

split-complementary

#E15656 #56E19B #569BE1

monochromatic

#A01C1C #D42626 #E15656 #EA8A8A #F3BEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#E15656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#E15656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15656

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15656	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	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)

#7A7255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F63957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.174 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18c85',
    500: '#e15656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15656;
$custom-light: #f18c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63652,
    "c": 0.17397,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15656

secondary

#AFE4E4

accent

#D2D214

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15656

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

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