#E15F40#E15F40

#E15F40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.169 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15F40
RGB	rgb(225, 95, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, 48.86, 42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 64.81, 41.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% 0.1391 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.169 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0726, 24.5669, 7.6919)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15F40 #40C2E1

analogous

#E14072 #E15F40 #E1B040

triadic

#E15F40 #40E15F #5F40E1

tetradic

#E15F40 #72E140 #40C2E1 #B040E1

square

#E15F40 #72E140 #40C2E1 #B040E1

split-complementary

#E15F40 #40E1B0 #4072E1

monochromatic

#902E17 #C53F1F #E15F40 #E98B75 #F2B8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#E15F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#E15F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15F40

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15F40	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2933C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F74258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 95, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.169 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29076',
    500: '#e15f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15f40;
$custom-light: #f29076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.553,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64482,
    "c": 0.1692,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15F40

secondary

#9DD3DF

accent

#CCF038

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15F40

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

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