#E26040#E26040

#E26040 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.169 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E26040
RGB	rgb(226, 96, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 48.75, 43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 65.01, 41.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% 0.1386 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.169 35)
XYZ	xyz(36.4760, 24.9095, 7.7367)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E26040 #40C2E2

analogous

#E24071 #E26040 #E2B140

triadic

#E26040 #40E260 #6040E2

tetradic

#E26040 #71E240 #40C2E2 #B140E2

square

#E26040 #71E240 #40C2E2 #B140E2

split-complementary

#E26040 #40E2B1 #4071E2

monochromatic

#922E16 #C73F1E #E26040 #EA8C75 #F2B8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#E26040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#E26040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E26040

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E26040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E26040	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83773C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3943C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F84359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e26040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 96, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.169 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39176',
    500: '#e26040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e26040;
$custom-light: #f39176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e26040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.852,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64767,
    "c": 0.16934,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.24905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E26040

secondary

#9ED3E0

accent

#CCF038

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E26040

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

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