#E36A62#E36A62

#E36A62 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.152 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36A62
RGB	rgb(227, 106, 98)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(4, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 56.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, 46.43, 27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 53.83, 30.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.1372 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.152 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0404, 27.5254, 14.8099)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36A62 #62DBE3

analogous

#E3629A #E36A62 #E3AA62

triadic

#E36A62 #62E36A #6A62E3

tetradic

#E36A62 #9AE362 #62DBE3 #AA62E3

square

#E36A62 #9AE362 #62DBE3 #AA62E3

split-complementary

#E36A62 #62E3AA #629AE3

monochromatic

#AC271F #DA392E #E36A62 #EC9B96 #F6CDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#E36A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#E36A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36A62

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36A62	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877F61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5995F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F75669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 106, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.152 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1988e',
    500: '#e36a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36a62;
$custom-light: #f1988e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.721,
    "s": 69.73,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66823,
    "c": 0.15245,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36A62

secondary

#BAE4E7

accent

#C6D214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36A62

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

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