#E15C51#E15C51

#E15C51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.168 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15C51
RGB	rgb(225, 92, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, 51.15, 32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 60.80, 32.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% 0.1494 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.168 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3672, 24.2607, 10.5507)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15C51 #51D6E1

analogous

#E1518E #E15C51 #E1A451

triadic

#E15C51 #51E15C #5C51E1

tetradic

#E15C51 #8EE151 #51D6E1 #A451E1

square

#E15C51 #8EE151 #51D6E1 #A451E1

split-complementary

#E15C51 #51E1A4 #518EE1

monochromatic

#9D251B #D13124 #E15C51 #EA8D85 #F3BEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E15C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#E15C51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15C51

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15C51	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F754F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6415A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 92, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.168 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18f82',
    500: '#e15c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15c51;
$custom-light: #f18f82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.583,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64324,
    "c": 0.16836,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15C51

secondary

#ABDEE3

accent

#E0ED3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15C51

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

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