#E35138#E35138

#E35138 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.186 H 32.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E35138
RGB	rgb(227, 81, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 75.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, 55.40, 44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 71.13, 38.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.1577 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.186 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3387, 22.5064, 6.2240)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E35138 #38CAE3

analogous

#E33874 #E35138 #E3A638

triadic

#E35138 #38E351 #5138E3

tetradic

#E35138 #74E338 #38CAE3 #A638E3

square

#E35138 #74E338 #38CAE3 #A638E3

split-complementary

#E35138 #38E3A6 #3874E3

monochromatic

#8D2514 #C2341B #E35138 #EB806E #F2AFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#E35138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#E35138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E35138

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E35138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E35138	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9294C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e35138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 81, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.186 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48870',
    500: '#e35138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e35138;
$custom-light: #f48870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e35138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.772,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6294,
    "c": 0.18611,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E35138

secondary

#98D5DF

accent

#D6F236

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#190C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E35138

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

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