#E5515C#E5515C
#E5515C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.183 H 19.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5515C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 81, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(356, 74%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(356, 65%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 59.8%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(55.40, 57.95, 25.47) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(55.40, 63.30, 23.73°) |
| OKLab | oklab(63.8% 0.1723 0.0619) |
| OKLCH | oklch(63.8% 0.183 19.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.1908, 23.3206, 12.6661) |
| Luminance | 0.2332 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.21
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 3.93
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.45
Red Pink
#FA2A55
ΔE00 4.56
Reddish Pink
#FE2C54
ΔE00 4.58
Faded Red
#D3494E
ΔE00 4.76
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5515C #51E5DA
analogous
#E551A6 #E5515C #E59051
triadic
#E5515C #5CE551 #515CE5
tetradic
#E5515C #A6E551 #51E5DA #9051E5
square
#E5515C #A6E551 #51E5DA #9051E5
split-complementary
#E5515C #51E590 #51A6E5
monochromatic
#A31823 #D8202E #E5515C #ED868E #F5BBC0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.71
#E5515C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.66
#E5515C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E5515C
5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5515C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5515C | 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)
#77715B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9C9058
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA3156
Achromatopsia (no color)
#858585
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5515c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 81, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.183 19.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4898a',
500: '#e5515c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5515c; $custom-light: #f4898a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5515c",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 81,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 355.541,
"s": 74,
"l": 60.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.63796,
"c": 0.18308,
"h": 19.7
},
"luminance": 0.23316
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5515C
secondary
#ADE5E1
accent
#D6C70F
background
#FFF8F8
surface
#FFF0F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180C0B
muted
#867D7C