#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
RGB	rgb(225, 114, 85)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(12, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.3%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, 40.81, 35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 54.28, 41.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% 0.1179 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.145 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7116, 28.7025, 12.0941)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E17255	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E17255

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

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