#E17272#E17272

#E17272 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.139 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E17272
RGB	rgb(225, 114, 114)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(0, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.3%, 49.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 43.09, 20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 47.56, 25.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% 0.1291 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.139 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1087, 29.2613, 19.4521)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E17272 #72E1E1

analogous

#E172AA #E17272 #E1AA72

triadic

#E17272 #72E172 #7272E1

tetradic

#E17272 #AAE172 #72E1E1 #AA72E1

square

#E17272 #AAE172 #72E1E1 #AA72E1

split-complementary

#E17272 #72E1AA #72AAE1

monochromatic

#B32626 #D64040 #E17272 #ECA4A4 #F6D7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#E17272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#E17272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E17272

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E17272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E17272	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69C70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F46273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e17272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 114, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.139 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9d9a',
    500: '#e17272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e17272;
$custom-light: #ef9d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e17272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6804,
    "c": 0.13861,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E17272

secondary

#C5E9E9

accent

#CDCD19

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#170E0E

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E17272

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

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