#E36038#E36038

#E36038 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.172 H 37.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36038
RGB	rgb(227, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(14, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 75.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, 48.77, 47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 67.91, 44.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% 0.1372 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.172 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5790, 24.9871, 6.6374)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36038 #38BBE3

analogous

#E33865 #E36038 #E3B538

triadic

#E36038 #38E360 #6038E3

tetradic

#E36038 #65E338 #38BBE3 #B538E3

square

#E36038 #65E338 #38BBE3 #B538E3

split-complementary

#E36038 #38E3B5 #3865E3

monochromatic

#8D3014 #C2421B #E36038 #EB8B6E #F2B6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#E36038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#E36038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36038

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36038	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F94258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.172 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49171',
    500: '#e36038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36038;
$custom-light: #f49171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.035,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64828,
    "c": 0.17249,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36038

secondary

#98CEDF

accent

#C6F236

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF1EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#190D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36038

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

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