#E36A43#E36A43

#E36A43 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.160 H 38.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36A43
RGB	rgb(227, 106, 67)
HSL	hsl(15, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 70.5%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, 44.49, 43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 62.40, 44.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.126 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.16 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8493, 27.0490, 8.5369)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36A43 #43BCE3

analogous

#E3436C #E36A43 #E3BA43

triadic

#E36A43 #43E36A #6A43E3

tetradic

#E36A43 #6CE343 #43BCE3 #BA43E3

square

#E36A43 #6CE343 #43BCE3 #BA43E3

split-complementary

#E36A43 #43E3BA #436CE3

monochromatic

#953516 #CB481E #E36A43 #EB9478 #F3BEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#E36A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#E36A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36A43

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36A43	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F95161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 106, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.160 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39779',
    500: '#e36a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36a43;
$custom-light: #f39779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.625,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6635,
    "c": 0.16042,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36A43

secondary

#A1D1E1

accent

#C3F137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36A43

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

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