#E36551#E36551

#E36551 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.161 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36551
RGB	rgb(227, 101, 81)
HSL	hsl(8, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(8, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 64.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, 47.67, 35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 59.32, 36.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.1383 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.161 31)
XYZ	xyz(37.8209, 26.2371, 10.8556)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36551 #51CFE3

analogous

#E35186 #E36551 #E3AE51

triadic

#E36551 #51E365 #6551E3

tetradic

#E36551 #86E351 #51CFE3 #AE51E3

square

#E36551 #86E351 #51CFE3 #AE51E3

split-complementary

#E36551 #51E3AE #5186E3

monochromatic

#A02C1A #D53B22 #E36551 #EB9486 #F4C2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#E36551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#E36551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36551

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36551	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5964E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F84C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 101, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.161 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29482',
    500: '#e36551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36551;
$custom-light: #f29482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.219,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65831,
    "c": 0.1613,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.26232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36551

secondary

#ACDCE4

accent

#BAD411

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36551

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

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