#E36561#E36561

#E36561 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.158 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36561
RGB	rgb(227, 101, 97)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(2, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 57.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, 48.75, 26.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 55.52, 28.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% 0.1443 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.158 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4932, 26.5060, 14.3960)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36561 #61DFE3

analogous

#E3619E #E36561 #E3A661

triadic

#E36561 #61E365 #6561E3

tetradic

#E36561 #9EE361 #61DFE3 #A661E3

square

#E36561 #9EE361 #61DFE3 #A661E3

split-complementary

#E36561 #61E3A6 #619EE3

monochromatic

#AB231E #DA322D #E36561 #EC9895 #F5CAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#E36561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#E36561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36561

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36561	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847C60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3975E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F74F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 101, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.158 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2958e',
    500: '#e36561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36561;
$custom-light: #f2958e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.846,
    "s": 69.892,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66104,
    "c": 0.15822,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36561

secondary

#B9E6E7

accent

#CCD214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36561

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

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