#E17255#E17255

#E17255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.145 H 35.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E17255
RGBrgb(225, 114, 85)
HSLhsl(12, 70%, 61%)
HSVhsv(12, 62%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 49.3%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(60.52, 40.81, 35.79)
CIE-LCHlch(60.52, 54.28, 41.25°)
OKLaboklab(67.51% 0.1179 0.0847)
OKLCHoklch(67.51% 0.145 35.7)
XYZxyz(38.7116, 28.7025, 12.0941)
Luminance0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E17255 #55C4E1
analogous
#E1557E #E17255 #E1B855
triadic
#E17255 #55E172 #7255E1
tetradic
#E17255 #7EE155 #55C4E1 #B855E1
square
#E17255 #7EE155 #55C4E1 #B855E1
split-complementary
#E17255 #55E1B8 #557EE1
monochromatic
#9F371C #D34925 #E17255 #EA9D89 #F3C8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12
#E17255 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74
#E17255 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E17255
6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E17255#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E172551.003.126.746.74
#FFFFFF3.121.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7421.001.001.00
##0000006.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8F8352
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AA9B53
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F55E6B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e17255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 114, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.145 35.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09d85',
    500: '#e17255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e17255;
$custom-light: #f09d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e17255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.429,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67505,
    "c": 0.14515,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E17255
secondary
#AED8E3
accent
#ABD214
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2EF
border
#D7CCCA
text
#180E0B
muted
#867E7C

Preview Lab

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#E17255 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva