#E15940#E15940

#E15940 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.175 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15940
RGB	rgb(225, 89, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, 51.59, 41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 66.16, 38.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.1475 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.175 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5528, 23.5274, 7.5186)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15940 #40C8E1

analogous

#E14078 #E15940 #E1AA40

triadic

#E15940 #40E159 #5940E1

tetradic

#E15940 #78E140 #40C8E1 #AA40E1

square

#E15940 #78E140 #40C8E1 #AA40E1

split-complementary

#E15940 #40E1AA #4078E1

monochromatic

#902917 #C5391F #E15940 #E98775 #F2B5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#E15940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#E15940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15940

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15940	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E723D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 89, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.175 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28d76',
    500: '#e15940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15940;
$custom-light: #f28d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.317,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63696,
    "c": 0.17487,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15940

secondary

#9DD5DF

accent

#D3F038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15940

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

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