#E17257#E17257

#E17257 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.145 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E17257
RGB	rgb(225, 114, 87)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(12, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.3%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.55, 40.94, 34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.55, 53.69, 40.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% 0.1187 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.145 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7922, 28.7347, 12.5185)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E17257 #57C6E1

analogous

#E15781 #E17257 #E1B757

triadic

#E17257 #57E172 #7257E1

tetradic

#E17257 #81E157 #57C6E1 #B757E1

square

#E17257 #81E157 #57C6E1 #B757E1

split-complementary

#E17257 #57E1B7 #5781E1

monochromatic

#A1371D #D54826 #E17257 #EA9E8B #F4C9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#E17257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#E17257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E17257

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E17257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E17257	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e17257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 114, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.145 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09d87',
    500: '#e17257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e17257;
$custom-light: #f09d87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e17257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.739,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67536,
    "c": 0.14451,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E17257

secondary

#B0DAE4

accent

#ADD214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E17257

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

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