#E15E40#E15E40

#E15E40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.170 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15E40
RGB	rgb(225, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, 49.32, 42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 65.03, 40.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% 0.1405 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.17 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9831, 24.3879, 7.6620)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15E40 #40C3E1

analogous

#E14073 #E15E40 #E1AF40

triadic

#E15E40 #40E15E #5E40E1

tetradic

#E15E40 #73E140 #40C3E1 #AF40E1

square

#E15E40 #73E140 #40C3E1 #AF40E1

split-complementary

#E15E40 #40E1AF #4073E1

monochromatic

#902D17 #C53E1F #E15E40 #E98B75 #F2B7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#E15E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#E15E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15E40

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15E40	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82753C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F74158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.170 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29076',
    500: '#e15e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15e40;
$custom-light: #f29076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.18,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64348,
    "c": 0.17014,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15E40

secondary

#9DD3DF

accent

#CDF038

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15E40

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

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