#E36253#E36253

#E36253 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.164 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36253
RGB	rgb(227, 98, 83)
HSL	hsl(6, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(6, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 63.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, 49.21, 33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 59.56, 34.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% 0.1434 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.164 29)
XYZ	xyz(37.6111, 25.6956, 11.1611)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36253 #53D4E3

analogous

#E3538C #E36253 #E3AA53

triadic

#E36253 #53E362 #6253E3

tetradic

#E36253 #8CE353 #53D4E3 #AA53E3

square

#E36253 #8CE353 #53D4E3 #AA53E3

split-complementary

#E36253 #53E3AA #538CE3

monochromatic

#A1281A #D63523 #E36253 #EC9288 #F4C2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#E36253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#E36253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36253

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36253	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 98, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.164 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29383',
    500: '#e36253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36253;
$custom-light: #f29383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.25,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65451,
    "c": 0.16393,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.25691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36253

secondary

#AEDEE4

accent

#C0D411

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36253

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

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