#E15F42#E15F42

#E15F42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.169 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E15F42
RGB	rgb(225, 95, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.67, 48.95, 41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.67, 64.20, 40.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% 0.1397 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.169 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1305, 24.5901, 7.9970)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E15F42 #42C4E1

analogous

#E14275 #E15F42 #E1AE42

triadic

#E15F42 #42E15F #5F42E1

tetradic

#E15F42 #75E142 #42C4E1 #AE42E1

square

#E15F42 #75E142 #42C4E1 #AE42E1

split-complementary

#E15F42 #42E1AE #4275E1

monochromatic

#922D17 #C63E1F #E15F42 #E98C77 #F2B8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#E15F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#E15F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E15F42

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E15F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E15F42	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2933E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F74359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e15f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 95, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.169 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29077',
    500: '#e15f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e15f42;
$custom-light: #f29077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e15f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.943,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64507,
    "c": 0.16869,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E15F42

secondary

#9FD4E0

accent

#CEEF38

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E15F42

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

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