#E36140#E36140

#E36140 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.169 H 35.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36140
RGB	rgb(227, 97, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 48.65, 43.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 65.21, 41.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.1382 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.169 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8824, 25.2553, 7.7821)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36140 #40C2E3

analogous

#E34071 #E36140 #E3B240

triadic

#E36140 #40E361 #6140E3

tetradic

#E36140 #71E340 #40C2E3 #B240E3

square

#E36140 #71E340 #40C2E3 #B240E3

split-complementary

#E36140 #40E3B2 #4071E3

monochromatic

#932F16 #C8401D #E36140 #EB8D75 #F3B9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#E36140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#E36140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36140

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36140	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84783C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9445A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 97, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.169 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39276',
    500: '#e36140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36140;
$custom-light: #f39276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.147,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65052,
    "c": 0.16949,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36140

secondary

#9ED3E1

accent

#CBF137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36140

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

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