#E15D40#E15D40

#E15D40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.171 H 33.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15D40
RGB	rgb(225, 93, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 49.78, 42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 65.25, 40.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.1419 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.171 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8948, 24.2113, 7.6326)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15D40 #40C4E1

analogous

#E14074 #E15D40 #E1AD40

triadic

#E15D40 #40E15D #5D40E1

tetradic

#E15D40 #74E140 #40C4E1 #AD40E1

square

#E15D40 #74E140 #40C4E1 #AD40E1

split-complementary

#E15D40 #40E1AD #4074E1

monochromatic

#902C17 #C53D1F #E15D40 #E98A75 #F2B7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#E15D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#E15D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15D40

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15D40	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 93, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.171 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28f76',
    500: '#e15d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15d40;
$custom-light: #f28f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.807,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64215,
    "c": 0.17108,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15D40

secondary

#9DD3DF

accent

#CFF038

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15D40

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

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