#E15A40#E15A40

#E15A40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.174 H 32.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15A40
RGB	rgb(225, 90, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(10, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, 51.14, 41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 65.93, 39.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.1462 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.174 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6366, 23.6949, 7.5465)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15A40 #40C7E1

analogous

#E14077 #E15A40 #E1AA40

triadic

#E15A40 #40E15A #5A40E1

tetradic

#E15A40 #77E140 #40C7E1 #AA40E1

square

#E15A40 #77E140 #40C7E1 #AA40E1

split-complementary

#E15A40 #40E1AA #4077E1

monochromatic

#902A17 #C53A1F #E15A40 #E98875 #F2B5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E15A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#E15A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15A40

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15A40	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F733D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 90, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.174 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28d76',
    500: '#e15a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15a40;
$custom-light: #f28d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.689,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63824,
    "c": 0.17392,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15A40

secondary

#9DD5DF

accent

#D2F038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15A40

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

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