#E36E51#E36E51

#E36E51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.152 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36E51
RGB	rgb(227, 110, 81)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 64.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, 43.30, 37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 57.20, 40.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% 0.1248 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.152 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7431, 28.0815, 11.1630)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36E51 #51C6E3

analogous

#E3517D #E36E51 #E3B751

triadic

#E36E51 #51E36E #6E51E3

tetradic

#E36E51 #7DE351 #51C6E3 #B751E3

square

#E36E51 #7DE351 #51C6E3 #B751E3

split-complementary

#E36E51 #51E3B7 #517DE3

monochromatic

#A0341A #D54622 #E36E51 #EB9A86 #F4C6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#E36E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#E36E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36E51

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36E51	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C814E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F85867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 110, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.152 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29a82',
    500: '#e36e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36e51;
$custom-light: #f29a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.918,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67122,
    "c": 0.15243,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36E51

secondary

#ACD9E4

accent

#AED411

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36E51

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

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