#E36451#E36451

#E36451 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.162 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36451
RGB	rgb(227, 100, 81)
HSL	hsl(8, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(8, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 64.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 48.14, 35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 59.57, 36.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% 0.1398 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.162 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7244, 26.0441, 10.8235)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36451 #51D0E3

analogous

#E35187 #E36451 #E3AD51

triadic

#E36451 #51E364 #6451E3

tetradic

#E36451 #87E351 #51D0E3 #AD51E3

square

#E36451 #87E351 #51D0E3 #AD51E3

split-complementary

#E36451 #51E3AD #5187E3

monochromatic

#A02B1A #D53922 #E36451 #EB9386 #F4C2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#E36451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#E36451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36451

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36451	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4964E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F84B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 100, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.162 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29482',
    500: '#e36451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36451;
$custom-light: #f29482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.808,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65693,
    "c": 0.16231,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36451

secondary

#ACDDE4

accent

#BBD411

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36451

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

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