#E36255#E36255

#E36255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.164 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36255
RGB	rgb(227, 98, 85)
HSL	hsl(5, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, 49.33, 32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 59.05, 33.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.1442 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.164 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6894, 25.7269, 11.5737)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36255 #55D6E3

analogous

#E3558F #E36255 #E3A955

triadic

#E36255 #55E362 #6255E3

tetradic

#E36255 #8FE355 #55D6E3 #A955E3

square

#E36255 #8FE355 #55D6E3 #A955E3

split-complementary

#E36255 #55E3A9 #558FE3

monochromatic

#A3271B #D73423 #E36255 #EC938A #F4C3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#E36255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#E36255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36255

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36255	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)

#837A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 98, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.164 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29385',
    500: '#e36255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36255;
$custom-light: #f29385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.493,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65483,
    "c": 0.16353,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36255

secondary

#AFE0E5

accent

#C2D412

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36255

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

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