#E15840#E15840

#E15840 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.176 H 32.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15840
RGB	rgb(225, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, 52.03, 41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 66.39, 38.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.1489 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.176 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4702, 23.3621, 7.4911)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15840 #40C9E1

analogous

#E14079 #E15840 #E1A940

triadic

#E15840 #40E158 #5840E1

tetradic

#E15840 #79E140 #40C9E1 #A940E1

square

#E15840 #79E140 #40C9E1 #A940E1

split-complementary

#E15840 #40E1A9 #4079E1

monochromatic

#902917 #C5381F #E15840 #E98675 #F2B4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#E15840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#E15840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15840

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15840	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	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)

#7E723D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.176 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28c76',
    500: '#e15840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15840;
$custom-light: #f28c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.944,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6357,
    "c": 0.17582,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15840

secondary

#9DD6DF

accent

#D4F038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15840

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

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