#E36A4E#E36A4E
#E36A4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.157 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E36A4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(227, 106, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(11, 73%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(11, 66%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 65.6%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.15, 45.09, 38.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(59.15, 58.98, 40.14°) |
| OKLab | oklab(66.49% 0.1297 0.0887) |
| OKLCH | oklch(66.49% 0.157 34.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.2112, 27.1937, 10.4430) |
| Luminance | 0.2719 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 4.74
Orange Pink
#FF6F52
ΔE00 5.13
Dark Peach
#DE7E5D
ΔE00 5.30
Terracota
#CB6843
ΔE00 5.72
Pinkish Orange
#FF724C
ΔE00 5.73
Terracotta (survey)
#CA6641
ΔE00 6.00
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E36A4E #4EC7E3
analogous
#E34E7D #E36A4E #E3B44E
triadic
#E36A4E #4EE36A #6A4EE3
tetradic
#E36A4E #7DE34E #4EC7E3 #B44EE3
square
#E36A4E #7DE34E #4EC7E3 #B44EE3
split-complementary
#E36A4E #4EE3B4 #4E7DE3
monochromatic
#9E3219 #D34321 #E36A4E #EB9683 #F4C3B8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.26
#E36A4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.44
#E36A4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E36A4E
6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E36A4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E36A4E | 1.00 | 3.26 | 6.44 | 6.44 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.26 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#8A7E4B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A7984B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F85264
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e36a4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 106, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.157 34.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f29780',
500: '#e36a4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e36a4e; $custom-light: #f29780; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e36a4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 227,
"g": 106,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 11.275,
"s": 72.683,
"l": 59.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.66494,
"c": 0.15715,
"h": 34.4
},
"luminance": 0.27189
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E36A4E
secondary
#AAD8E3
accent
#CDEF38
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF2EE
border
#D7CCC9
text
#180E0A
muted
#867E7C