#E36C59#E36C59

#E36C59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.152 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36C59
RGB	rgb(227, 108, 89)
HSL	hsl(8, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(8, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, 44.81, 32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 55.42, 36.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% 0.1308 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.152 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8476, 27.7819, 12.7660)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36C59 #59D0E3

analogous

#E3598B #E36C59 #E3B159

triadic

#E36C59 #59E36C #6C59E3

tetradic

#E36C59 #8BE359 #59D0E3 #B159E3

square

#E36C59 #8BE359 #59D0E3 #B159E3

split-complementary

#E36C59 #59E3B1 #598BE3

monochromatic

#A62F1C #DA3E25 #E36C59 #EC9A8D #F5C9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#E36C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#E36C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36C59

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36C59	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F85668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 108, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.152 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29988',
    500: '#e36c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36c59;
$custom-light: #f29988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.261,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66953,
    "c": 0.1522,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36C59

secondary

#B2DEE5

accent

#B9D312

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36C59

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

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