#E36942#E36942

#E36942 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.162 H 38.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36942
RGB	rgb(227, 105, 66)
HSL	hsl(15, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 70.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, 44.93, 44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 62.92, 44.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% 0.1271 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.162 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7172, 26.8322, 8.3462)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36942 #42BCE3

analogous

#E3426C #E36942 #E3B942

triadic

#E36942 #42E369 #6942E3

tetradic

#E36942 #6CE342 #42BCE3 #B942E3

square

#E36942 #6CE342 #42BCE3 #B942E3

split-complementary

#E36942 #42E3B9 #426CE3

monochromatic

#953516 #CA481E #E36942 #EB9377 #F3BEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#E36942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#E36942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36942

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36942	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F95060

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 105, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.162 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39778',
    500: '#e36942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36942;
$custom-light: #f39778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.534,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66193,
    "c": 0.16163,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36942

secondary

#A0D1E1

accent

#C4F137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36942

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

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