#E35540#E35540

#E35540 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.181 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E35540
RGB	rgb(227, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 54.04, 41.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 67.91, 37.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.155 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.181 31)
XYZ	xyz(35.8563, 23.2031, 7.4401)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E35540 #40CEE3

analogous

#E3407D #E35540 #E3A740

triadic

#E35540 #40E355 #5540E3

tetradic

#E35540 #7DE340 #40CEE3 #A740E3

square

#E35540 #7DE340 #40CEE3 #A740E3

split-complementary

#E35540 #40E3A7 #407DE3

monochromatic

#932616 #C8331D #E35540 #EB8575 #F3B4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#E35540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#E35540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E35540

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E35540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E35540	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e35540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.181 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b76',
    500: '#e35540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e35540;
$custom-light: #f48b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e35540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.73,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6351,
    "c": 0.18079,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.23198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E35540

secondary

#9ED8E1

accent

#D9F137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E35540

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

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