#E15A43#E15A43

#E15A43 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.173 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15A43
RGB	rgb(225, 90, 67)
HSL	hsl(9, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 70.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, 51.28, 40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 65.05, 37.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.1472 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.173 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7243, 23.7300, 8.0083)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15A43 #43CAE1

analogous

#E1437B #E15A43 #E1A943

triadic

#E15A43 #43E15A #5A43E1

tetradic

#E15A43 #7BE143 #43CAE1 #A943E1

square

#E15A43 #7BE143 #43CAE1 #A943E1

split-complementary

#E15A43 #43E1A9 #437BE1

monochromatic

#922917 #C73820 #E15A43 #E98878 #F2B7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E15A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#E15A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15A43

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15A43	1.00	3.66	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 90, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.173 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28e78',
    500: '#e15a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15a43;
$custom-light: #f28e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.734,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63862,
    "c": 0.17324,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15A43

secondary

#A0D7E0

accent

#D5EF39

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15A43

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

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