#E36259#E36259

#E36259 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.163 H 26.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36259
RGB	rgb(227, 98, 89)
HSL	hsl(4, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, 49.59, 30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 58.10, 31.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% 0.1457 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.163 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8528, 25.7923, 12.4343)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36259 #59DAE3

analogous

#E35995 #E36259 #E3A759

triadic

#E36259 #59E362 #6259E3

tetradic

#E36259 #95E359 #59DAE3 #A759E3

square

#E36259 #95E359 #59DAE3 #A759E3

split-complementary

#E36259 #59E3A7 #5995E3

monochromatic

#A6251C #DA3125 #E36259 #EC948D #F5C5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#E36259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#E36259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36259

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36259	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F84A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 98, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.163 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29388',
    500: '#e36259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36259;
$custom-light: #f29388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.913,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65551,
    "c": 0.16278,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36259

secondary

#B2E2E5

accent

#C7D312

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36259

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

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