#E36159#E36159

#E36159 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.164 H 26.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36159
RGB	rgb(227, 97, 89)
HSL	hsl(3, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, 50.06, 30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 58.39, 30.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.1471 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.164 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7598, 25.6063, 12.4034)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36159 #59DBE3

analogous

#E35996 #E36159 #E3A659

triadic

#E36159 #59E361 #6159E3

tetradic

#E36159 #96E359 #59DBE3 #A659E3

square

#E36159 #96E359 #59DBE3 #A659E3

split-complementary

#E36159 #59E3A6 #5996E3

monochromatic

#A6241C #DA2F25 #E36159 #EC938D #F5C5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#E36159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#E36159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36159

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36159	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F84960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 97, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.164 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29288',
    500: '#e36159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36159;
$custom-light: #f29288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.478,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65416,
    "c": 0.16386,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36159

secondary

#B2E2E5

accent

#C8D312

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36159

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

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