#E15949#E15949

#E15949 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.173 H 29.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15949
RGB	rgb(225, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(6, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, 52.04, 36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 63.63, 35.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.1507 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.173 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8299, 23.6382, 8.9779)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15949 #49D1E1

analogous

#E14985 #E15949 #E1A549

triadic

#E15949 #49E159 #5949E1

tetradic

#E15949 #85E149 #49D1E1 #A549E1

square

#E15949 #85E149 #49D1E1 #A549E1

split-complementary

#E15949 #49E1A5 #4985E1

monochromatic

#972619 #CB3322 #E15949 #EA897E #F2B9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#E15949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#E15949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15949

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15949	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F63B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.173 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28d7c',
    500: '#e15949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15949;
$custom-light: #f28d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.316,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63817,
    "c": 0.17294,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15949

secondary

#A5DBE1

accent

#DBEE39

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15949

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

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