#E17462#E17462

#E17462 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.139 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E17462
RGB	rgb(225, 116, 98)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(9, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, 40.73, 29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 50.20, 35.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% 0.1197 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.139 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5044, 29.3845, 15.1443)
Luminance	0.2938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E17462 #62CFE1

analogous

#E1628F #E17462 #E1B362

triadic

#E17462 #62E174 #7462E1

tetradic

#E17462 #8FE162 #62CFE1 #B362E1

square

#E17462 #8FE162 #62CFE1 #B362E1

split-complementary

#E17462 #62E1B3 #628FE1

monochromatic

#A83320 #D7472F #E17462 #EBA195 #F5CFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#E17462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#E17462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E17462

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E17462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E17462	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F56270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e17462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 116, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.139 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9e8f',
    500: '#e17462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e17462;
$custom-light: #ef9e8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e17462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.504,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68027,
    "c": 0.13931,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E17462

secondary

#B9E0E6

accent

#B5D016

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#170E0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E17462

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

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