#E35A40#E35A40

#E35A40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.176 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E35A40
RGB	rgb(227, 90, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(10, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, 51.84, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 66.76, 39.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% 0.1481 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.176 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2639, 24.0184, 7.5759)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E35A40 #40C9E3

analogous

#E34077 #E35A40 #E3AC40

triadic

#E35A40 #40E35A #5A40E3

tetradic

#E35A40 #77E340 #40C9E3 #AC40E3

square

#E35A40 #77E340 #40C9E3 #AC40E3

split-complementary

#E35A40 #40E3AC #4077E3

monochromatic

#932A16 #C8391D #E35A40 #EB8875 #F3B6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#E35A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#E35A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E35A40

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E35A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E35A40	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80743D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e35a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 90, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.176 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48e76',
    500: '#e35a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e35a40;
$custom-light: #f48e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e35a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.571,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64132,
    "c": 0.17605,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E35A40

secondary

#9ED6E1

accent

#D3F137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E35A40

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

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