#E26C49#E26C49

#E26C49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.156 H 37.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E26C49
RGB	rgb(226, 108, 73)
HSL	hsl(14, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 43.45, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 59.66, 43.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.1239 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.156 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9327, 27.3796, 9.5893)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E26C49 #49BFE2

analogous

#E24972 #E26C49 #E2B849

triadic

#E26C49 #49E26C #6C49E2

tetradic

#E26C49 #72E249 #49BFE2 #B849E2

square

#E26C49 #72E249 #49BFE2 #B849E2

split-complementary

#E26C49 #49E2B8 #4972E2

monochromatic

#983618 #CD4821 #E26C49 #EA977E #F3C1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#E26C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#E26C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E26C49

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E26C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E26C49	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F75564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e26c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 108, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.156 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2997d',
    500: '#e26c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e26c49;
$custom-light: #f2997d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e26c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.725,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66574,
    "c": 0.15566,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E26C49

secondary

#A5D4E2

accent

#C5EF39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E26C49

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

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