#E15959#E15959

#E15959 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.170 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15959
RGB	rgb(225, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 53.00, 27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 59.86, 27.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% 0.1566 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.17 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4303, 23.8783, 12.1399)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15959 #59E1E1

analogous

#E1599D #E15959 #E19D59

triadic

#E15959 #59E159 #5959E1

tetradic

#E15959 #9DE159 #59E1E1 #9D59E1

square

#E15959 #9DE159 #59E1E1 #9D59E1

split-complementary

#E15959 #59E19D #599DE1

monochromatic

#A21D1D #D62727 #E15959 #EA8D8D #F4C1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#E15959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#E15959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15959

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15959	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F63E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.170 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18d88',
    500: '#e15959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15959;
$custom-light: #f18d88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64077,
    "c": 0.17037,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15959

secondary

#B2E4E4

accent

#D1D114

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15959

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

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