#E5515A#E5515A
#E5515A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.183 H 20.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5515A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 81, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(356, 74%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(356, 65%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 60.7%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(55.37, 57.81, 26.59) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(55.37, 63.64, 24.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(63.76% 0.1716 0.0643) |
| OKLCH | oklch(63.76% 0.183 20.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.1046, 23.2861, 12.2117) |
| Luminance | 0.2328 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.76
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 3.87
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.37
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.45
Faded Red
#D3494E
ΔE00 4.56
Reddish Pink
#FE2C54
ΔE00 4.66
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5515A #51E5DC
analogous
#E551A4 #E5515A #E59251
triadic
#E5515A #5AE551 #515AE5
tetradic
#E5515A #A4E551 #51E5DC #9251E5
square
#E5515A #A4E551 #51E5DC #9251E5
split-complementary
#E5515A #51E592 #51A4E5
monochromatic
#A31821 #D8202C #E5515A #ED868C #F5BBBF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.71
#E5515A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.66
#E5515A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E5515A
5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5515A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5515A | 1.00 | 3.71 | 5.66 | 5.66 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.71 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#777159
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9D9056
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA3155
Achromatopsia (no color)
#858585
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5515a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 81, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.183 20.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f48988',
500: '#e5515a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5515a; $custom-light: #f48988; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5515a",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 81,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 356.351,
"s": 74,
"l": 60.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.63758,
"c": 0.1832,
"h": 20.5
},
"luminance": 0.23281
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5515A
secondary
#ADE5E2
accent
#D6CA0F
background
#FFF8F8
surface
#FFF0EF
border
#D7CBCA
text
#180C0B
muted
#867D7C