#E5515B#E5515B
#E5515B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.183 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5515B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 81, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(356, 74%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(356, 65%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 60.3%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(55.38, 57.88, 26.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(55.38, 63.47, 24.22°) |
| OKLab | oklab(63.78% 0.1719 0.0631) |
| OKLCH | oklch(63.78% 0.183 20.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.1474, 23.3033, 12.4374) |
| Luminance | 0.2330 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.98
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 3.89
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.40
Reddish Pink
#FE2C54
ΔE00 4.61
Red Pink
#FA2A55
ΔE00 4.64
Faded Red
#D3494E
ΔE00 4.65
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5515B #51E5DB
analogous
#E551A5 #E5515B #E59151
triadic
#E5515B #5BE551 #515BE5
tetradic
#E5515B #A5E551 #51E5DB #9151E5
square
#E5515B #A5E551 #51E5DB #9151E5
split-complementary
#E5515B #51E591 #51A5E5
monochromatic
#A31822 #D8202D #E5515B #ED868D #F5BBBF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.71
#E5515B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.66
#E5515B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E5515B
5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5515B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5515B | 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)
#77715A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9C9057
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA3156
Achromatopsia (no color)
#858585
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5515b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 81, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.183 20.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f48989',
500: '#e5515b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5515b; $custom-light: #f48989; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5515b",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 81,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 355.946,
"s": 74,
"l": 60.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.63777,
"c": 0.18313,
"h": 20.1
},
"luminance": 0.23298
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5515B
secondary
#ADE5E1
accent
#D6C90F
background
#FFF8F8
surface
#FFF0F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180C0B
muted
#867D7C