#E36043#E36043

#E36043 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.170 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36043
RGB	rgb(227, 96, 67)
HSL	hsl(11, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 70.5%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.18, 49.25, 41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.18, 64.51, 40.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% 0.1407 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.17 34)
XYZ	xyz(36.8782, 25.1068, 8.2132)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36043 #43C6E3

analogous

#E34376 #E36043 #E3B043

triadic

#E36043 #43E360 #6043E3

tetradic

#E36043 #76E343 #43C6E3 #B043E3

square

#E36043 #76E343 #43C6E3 #B043E3

split-complementary

#E36043 #43E3B0 #4376E3

monochromatic

#952D16 #CB3D1E #E36043 #EB8D78 #F3BAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#E36043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#E36043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36043

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36043	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83773F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9435A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 96, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.170 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39178',
    500: '#e36043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36043;
$custom-light: #f39178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.875,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64954,
    "c": 0.16965,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.25102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36043

secondary

#A1D5E1

accent

#CFF137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36043

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

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