#E36040#E36040

#E36040 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.170 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36040
RGB	rgb(227, 96, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 49.11, 43.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 65.42, 41.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.1397 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.17 35)
XYZ	xyz(36.7906, 25.0717, 7.7515)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36040 #40C3E3

analogous

#E34072 #E36040 #E3B140

triadic

#E36040 #40E360 #6040E3

tetradic

#E36040 #72E340 #40C3E3 #B140E3

square

#E36040 #72E340 #40C3E3 #B140E3

split-complementary

#E36040 #40E3B1 #4072E3

monochromatic

#932E16 #C83F1D #E36040 #EB8C75 #F3B9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#E36040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#E36040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36040

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36040	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84773C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F94359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 96, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.170 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39176',
    500: '#e36040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36040;
$custom-light: #f39176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.779,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64917,
    "c": 0.17042,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.25067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36040

secondary

#9ED4E1

accent

#CCF137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36040

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

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