#E17856#E17856

#E17856 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.139 H 38.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E17856
RGB	rgb(225, 120, 86)
HSL	hsl(15, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(15, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.7%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, 37.82, 36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 52.74, 44.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% 0.1089 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.139 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4507, 30.1167, 12.5378)
Luminance	0.3011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E17856 #56BFE1

analogous

#E15679 #E17856 #E1BD56

triadic

#E17856 #56E178 #7856E1

tetradic

#E17856 #79E156 #56BFE1 #BD56E1

square

#E17856 #79E156 #56BFE1 #BD56E1

split-complementary

#E17856 #56E1BD #5679E1

monochromatic

#A03D1C #D45026 #E17856 #EAA28A #F3CBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#E17856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#E17856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E17856

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E17856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E17856	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F56570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e17856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 120, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.139 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0a086',
    500: '#e17856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e17856;
$custom-light: #f0a086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e17856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.676,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68453,
    "c": 0.13931,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E17856

secondary

#AFD7E4

accent

#A3D214

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF3EF

border

#D7CDCA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E17856

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

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