#E36156#E36156

#E36156 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.164 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36156
RGB	rgb(227, 97, 86)
HSL	hsl(5, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, 49.86, 31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 59.08, 32.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% 0.146 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.164 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6364, 25.5570, 11.7534)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36156 #56D8E3

analogous

#E35692 #E36156 #E3A856

triadic

#E36156 #56E361 #6156E3

tetradic

#E36156 #92E356 #56D8E3 #A856E3

square

#E36156 #92E356 #56D8E3 #A856E3

split-complementary

#E36156 #56E3A8 #5692E3

monochromatic

#A4261B #D83224 #E36156 #EC928B #F4C3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#E36156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#E36156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36156

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36156	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 97, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.164 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29286',
    500: '#e36156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36156;
$custom-light: #f29286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.681,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65365,
    "c": 0.16439,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36156

secondary

#B0E1E5

accent

#C5D412

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36156

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

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