#E35E40#E35E40

#E35E40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.172 H 34.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E35E40
RGB	rgb(227, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.79, 50.03, 42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.79, 65.86, 40.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% 0.1425 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.172 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6104, 24.7114, 7.6914)
Luminance	0.2471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E35E40 #40C5E3

analogous

#E34074 #E35E40 #E3B040

triadic

#E35E40 #40E35E #5E40E3

tetradic

#E35E40 #74E340 #40C5E3 #B040E3

square

#E35E40 #74E340 #40C5E3 #B040E3

split-complementary

#E35E40 #40E3B0 #4074E3

monochromatic

#932D16 #C83D1D #E35E40 #EB8B75 #F3B8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#E35E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#E35E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E35E40

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E35E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E35E40	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F94058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e35e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.172 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49076',
    500: '#e35e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e35e40;
$custom-light: #f49076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e35e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.043,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64651,
    "c": 0.17228,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E35E40

secondary

#9ED4E1

accent

#CFF137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E35E40

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

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