#E36F51#E36F51

#E36F51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.151 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36F51
RGB	rgb(227, 111, 81)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 64.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, 42.81, 37.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 56.98, 41.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% 0.1232 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.151 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8516, 28.2985, 11.1992)
Luminance	0.2829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36F51 #51C5E3

analogous

#E3517C #E36F51 #E3B851

triadic

#E36F51 #51E36F #6F51E3

tetradic

#E36F51 #7CE351 #51C5E3 #B851E3

square

#E36F51 #7CE351 #51C5E3 #B851E3

split-complementary

#E36F51 #51E3B8 #517CE3

monochromatic

#A0351A #D54722 #E36F51 #EB9B86 #F4C6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#E36F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#E36F51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36F51

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36F51	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D814E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F85968

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 111, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.151 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29b82',
    500: '#e36f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36f51;
$custom-light: #f29b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.329,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6727,
    "c": 0.15149,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36F51

secondary

#ACD8E4

accent

#ACD411

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36F51

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

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