#E17561#E17561

#E17561 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.139 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E17561
RGB	rgb(225, 117, 97)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(9, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, 40.14, 30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 50.20, 36.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% 0.1178 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.139 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5734, 29.5975, 14.9358)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E17561 #61CDE1

analogous

#E1618D #E17561 #E1B561

triadic

#E17561 #61E175 #7561E1

tetradic

#E17561 #8DE161 #61CDE1 #B561E1

square

#E17561 #8DE161 #61CDE1 #B561E1

split-complementary

#E17561 #61E1B5 #618DE1

monochromatic

#A83520 #D7482E #E17561 #EBA294 #F5CFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#E17561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#E17561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E17561

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E17561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E17561	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90865F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9D5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F56370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e17561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 117, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.139 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9f8e',
    500: '#e17561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e17561;
$custom-light: #ef9f8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e17561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.375,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68164,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E17561

secondary

#B8DFE6

accent

#B3D015

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#170F0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E17561

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

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