#E3836E#E3836E

#E3836E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.123 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3836E
RGB	rgb(227, 131, 110)
HSL	hsl(11, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(11, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 51.5%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 34.75, 27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 44.25, 38.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.1027 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.123 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6121, 33.6934, 19.0081)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3836E #6ECEE3

analogous

#E36E93 #E3836E #E3BD6E

triadic

#E3836E #6EE383 #836EE3

tetradic

#E3836E #93E36E #6ECEE3 #BD6EE3

square

#E3836E #93E36E #6ECEE3 #BD6EE3

split-complementary

#E3836E #6EE3BD #6E93E3

monochromatic

#B43D23 #D9573B #E3836E #EDAFA1 #F7DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#E3836E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#E3836E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3836E

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3836E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3836E	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A916C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A56D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6747E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3836e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 131, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.123 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0a897',
    500: '#e3836e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3836e;
$custom-light: #f0a897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3836e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.769,
    "s": 67.63,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70899,
    "c": 0.1229,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3836E

secondary

#C3E3EA

accent

#AED016

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#17100D

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3836E

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

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