#E36251#E36251

#E36251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.164 H 29.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36251
RGB	rgb(227, 98, 81)
HSL	hsl(7, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(7, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 64.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, 49.08, 34.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 60.07, 35.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.1427 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.164 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5350, 25.6651, 10.7603)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36251 #51D2E3

analogous

#E35189 #E36251 #E3AB51

triadic

#E36251 #51E362 #6251E3

tetradic

#E36251 #89E351 #51D2E3 #AB51E3

square

#E36251 #89E351 #51D2E3 #AB51E3

split-complementary

#E36251 #51E3AB #5189E3

monochromatic

#A0291A #D53722 #E36251 #EB9286 #F4C1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#E36251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#E36251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36251

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36251	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83794F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8485E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 98, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.164 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29382',
    500: '#e36251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36251;
$custom-light: #f29382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.986,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6542,
    "c": 0.16435,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36251

secondary

#ACDDE4

accent

#BED411

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36251

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

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