#E15C40#E15C40

#E15C40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.172 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15C40
RGB	rgb(225, 92, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(10, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, 50.24, 41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 65.48, 39.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% 0.1433 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.172 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8076, 24.0369, 7.6035)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15C40 #40C5E1

analogous

#E14075 #E15C40 #E1AD40

triadic

#E15C40 #40E15C #5C40E1

tetradic

#E15C40 #75E140 #40C5E1 #AD40E1

square

#E15C40 #75E140 #40C5E1 #AD40E1

split-complementary

#E15C40 #40E1AD #4075E1

monochromatic

#902C17 #C53C1F #E15C40 #E98975 #F2B6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#E15C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#E15C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15C40

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15C40	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80743C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 92, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.172 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28f76',
    500: '#e15c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15c40;
$custom-light: #f28f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.435,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64084,
    "c": 0.17202,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15C40

secondary

#9DD4DF

accent

#D0F038

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15C40

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

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