#E36550#E36550

#E36550 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.162 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36550
RGB	rgb(227, 101, 80)
HSL	hsl(9, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 64.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, 47.61, 35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 59.59, 36.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.1379 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.162 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7837, 26.2222, 10.6596)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36550 #50CEE3

analogous

#E35085 #E36550 #E3AE50

triadic

#E36550 #50E365 #6550E3

tetradic

#E36550 #85E350 #50CEE3 #AE50E3

square

#E36550 #85E350 #50CEE3 #AE50E3

split-complementary

#E36550 #50E3AE #5085E3

monochromatic

#9F2D19 #D43B22 #E36550 #EB9385 #F4C2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#E36550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#E36550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36550

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36550	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867B4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5964D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F84C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 101, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.162 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29481',
    500: '#e36550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36550;
$custom-light: #f29481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65816,
    "c": 0.16154,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36550

secondary

#ABDCE4

accent

#B9D411

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36550

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

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