#E17857#E17857

#E17857 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.139 H 38.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E17857
RGB	rgb(225, 120, 87)
HSL	hsl(14, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(14, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.7%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, 37.89, 36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 52.43, 43.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% 0.1093 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.139 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4913, 30.1330, 12.7515)
Luminance	0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E17857 #57C0E1

analogous

#E1577B #E17857 #E1BD57

triadic

#E17857 #57E178 #7857E1

tetradic

#E17857 #7BE157 #57C0E1 #BD57E1

square

#E17857 #7BE157 #57C0E1 #BD57E1

split-complementary

#E17857 #57E1BD #577BE1

monochromatic

#A13C1D #D55026 #E17857 #EAA28B #F4CBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#E17857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#E17857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E17857

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E17857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E17857	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F56570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e17857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 120, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.139 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0a087',
    500: '#e17857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e17857;
$custom-light: #f0a087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e17857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.348,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68468,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E17857

secondary

#B0D7E4

accent

#A4D214

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF3EF

border

#D7CDCA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E17857

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

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