#E36257#E36257

#E36257 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.163 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36257
RGB	rgb(227, 98, 87)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(5, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 49.46, 31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 58.57, 32.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% 0.1449 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.163 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7700, 25.7592, 11.9980)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36257 #57D8E3

analogous

#E35792 #E36257 #E3A857

triadic

#E36257 #57E362 #6257E3

tetradic

#E36257 #92E357 #57D8E3 #A857E3

square

#E36257 #92E357 #57D8E3 #A857E3

split-complementary

#E36257 #57E3A8 #5792E3

monochromatic

#A4261B #D93224 #E36257 #EC938B #F4C4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#E36257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#E36257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36257

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36257	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F84960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 98, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.163 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29386',
    500: '#e36257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36257;
$custom-light: #f29386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65517,
    "c": 0.16314,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36257

secondary

#B1E1E5

accent

#C4D312

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36257

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

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