#E26540#E26540

#E26540 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.165 H 37.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E26540
RGB	rgb(226, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, 46.39, 44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 63.95, 43.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.1314 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.165 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9468, 25.8511, 7.8937)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E26540 #40BDE2

analogous

#E2406C #E26540 #E2B640

triadic

#E26540 #40E265 #6540E2

tetradic

#E26540 #6CE240 #40BDE2 #B640E2

square

#E26540 #6CE240 #40BDE2 #B640E2

split-complementary

#E26540 #40E2B6 #406CE2

monochromatic

#923216 #C7451E #E26540 #EA9075 #F2BBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#E26540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#E26540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E26540

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E26540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E26540	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F84A5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e26540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.165 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29476',
    500: '#e26540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e26540;
$custom-light: #f29476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e26540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.704,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65455,
    "c": 0.16474,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E26540

secondary

#9ED1E0

accent

#C6F038

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E26540

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

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