#E75E51#E75E51

#E75E51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.173 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E75E51
RGB	rgb(231, 94, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 52.33, 34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 62.78, 33.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.1524 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.173 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4466, 25.5935, 10.6985)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E75E51 #51DAE7

analogous

#E7518F #E75E51 #E7A951

triadic

#E75E51 #51E75E #5E51E7

tetradic

#E75E51 #8FE751 #51DAE7 #A951E7

square

#E75E51 #8FE751 #51DAE7 #A951E7

split-complementary

#E75E51 #51E7A9 #518FE7

monochromatic

#A72317 #DC2F1E #E75E51 #EE9087 #F6C2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#E75E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#E75E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E75E51

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E75E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E75E51	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82784F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4964D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e75e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 94, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.173 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f69182',
    500: '#e75e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e75e51;
$custom-light: #f69182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e75e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.2,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6549,
    "c": 0.17285,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E75E51

secondary

#AEE1E6

accent

#C6D80E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E75E51

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

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