#E15740#E15740

#E15740 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.177 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15740
RGB	rgb(225, 87, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 52.48, 41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 66.62, 38.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% 0.1503 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.177 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3886, 23.1990, 7.4639)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15740 #40CAE1

analogous

#E1407A #E15740 #E1A740

triadic

#E15740 #40E157 #5740E1

tetradic

#E15740 #7AE140 #40CAE1 #A740E1

square

#E15740 #7AE140 #40CAE1 #A740E1

split-complementary

#E15740 #40E1A7 #407AE1

monochromatic

#902817 #C5371F #E15740 #E98675 #F2B4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#E15740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#E15740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15740

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15740	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	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)

#7D713D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 87, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.177 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28c76',
    500: '#e15740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15740;
$custom-light: #f28c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63444,
    "c": 0.17677,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15740

secondary

#9DD6DF

accent

#D5F038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15740

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

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