#E27255#E27255

#E27255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.146 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E27255
RGB	rgb(226, 114, 85)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(12, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.6%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, 41.19, 36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 54.70, 41.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.64% 0.119 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(67.64% 0.146 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0244, 28.8638, 12.1088)
Luminance	0.2886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E27255 #55C5E2

analogous

#E2557E #E27255 #E2B855

triadic

#E27255 #55E272 #7255E2

tetradic

#E27255 #7EE255 #55C5E2 #B855E2

square

#E27255 #7EE255 #55C5E2 #B855E2

split-complementary

#E27255 #55E2B8 #557EE2

monochromatic

#A1371B #D54924 #E27255 #EB9D89 #F4C9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#E27255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#E27255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E27255

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E27255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E27255	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e27255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 114, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.146 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19d85',
    500: '#e27255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e27255;
$custom-light: #f19d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e27255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.34,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67643,
    "c": 0.14627,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E27255

secondary

#AFD9E4

accent

#ABD313

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E27255

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

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