#E36656#E36656

#E36656 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.159 H 29.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36656
RGB	rgb(227, 102, 86)
HSL	hsl(7, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(7, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, 47.51, 32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 57.74, 34.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% 0.1387 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.159 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1131, 26.5103, 11.9123)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36656 #56D3E3

analogous

#E3568D #E36656 #E3AD56

triadic

#E36656 #56E366 #6656E3

tetradic

#E36656 #8DE356 #56D3E3 #AD56E3

square

#E36656 #8DE356 #56D3E3 #AD56E3

split-complementary

#E36656 #56E3AD #568DE3

monochromatic

#A42B1B #D83824 #E36656 #EC968B #F4C5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#E36656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#E36656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36656

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36656	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)

#867C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F84E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 102, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.159 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29586',
    500: '#e36656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36656;
$custom-light: #f29586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.809,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66049,
    "c": 0.15913,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36656

secondary

#B0DFE5

accent

#BED412

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36656

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

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