#E15742#E15742

#E15742 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.176 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15742
RGB	rgb(225, 87, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, 52.57, 39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 66.05, 37.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.151 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.176 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4466, 23.2222, 7.7690)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15742 #42CCE1

analogous

#E1427C #E15742 #E1A742

triadic

#E15742 #42E157 #5742E1

tetradic

#E15742 #7CE142 #42CCE1 #A742E1

square

#E15742 #7CE142 #42CCE1 #A742E1

split-complementary

#E15742 #42E1A7 #427CE1

monochromatic

#922717 #C6361F #E15742 #E98677 #F2B5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#E15742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#E15742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15742

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15742	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)

#7D713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 87, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.176 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28c77',
    500: '#e15742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15742;
$custom-light: #f28c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.925,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6347,
    "c": 0.17635,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15742

secondary

#9FD7E0

accent

#D7EF38

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15742

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

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