#E35740#E35740

#E35740 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.179 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E35740
RGB	rgb(227, 87, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, 53.17, 41.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 67.45, 37.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% 0.1523 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.179 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0159, 23.5225, 7.4933)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E35740 #40CCE3

analogous

#E3407B #E35740 #E3A840

triadic

#E35740 #40E357 #5740E3

tetradic

#E35740 #7BE340 #40CCE3 #A840E3

square

#E35740 #7BE340 #40CCE3 #A840E3

split-complementary

#E35740 #40E3A8 #407BE3

monochromatic

#932716 #C8361D #E35740 #EB8675 #F3B5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#E35740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#E35740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E35740

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E35740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E35740	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D723D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e35740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 87, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.179 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48c76',
    500: '#e35740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e35740;
$custom-light: #f48c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e35740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.466,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63755,
    "c": 0.17889,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E35740

secondary

#9ED7E1

accent

#D7F137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E35740

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

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