#E36342#E36342

#E36342 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.167 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36342
RGB	rgb(227, 99, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 70.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, 47.80, 42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 64.16, 41.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% 0.136 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.167 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1275, 25.6528, 8.1496)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36342 #42C2E3

analogous

#E34272 #E36342 #E3B342

triadic

#E36342 #42E363 #6342E3

tetradic

#E36342 #72E342 #42C2E3 #B342E3

square

#E36342 #72E342 #42C2E3 #B342E3

split-complementary

#E36342 #42E3B3 #4272E3

monochromatic

#953016 #CA411E #E36342 #EB8F77 #F3BBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#E36342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#E36342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36342

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36342	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	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)

#86793E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9485C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 99, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.167 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39378',
    500: '#e36342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36342;
$custom-light: #f39378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.298,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65349,
    "c": 0.1671,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36342

secondary

#A0D4E1

accent

#CBF137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36342

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

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