#E65E40#E65E40

#E65E40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.175 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E65E40
RGB	rgb(230, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 72.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, 51.10, 43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 67.10, 40.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.1455 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.175 34)
XYZ	xyz(37.5651, 25.2037, 7.7362)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E65E40 #40C8E6

analogous

#E64075 #E65E40 #E6B140

triadic

#E65E40 #40E65E #5E40E6

tetradic

#E65E40 #75E640 #40C8E6 #B140E6

square

#E65E40 #75E640 #40C8E6 #B140E6

split-complementary

#E65E40 #40E6B1 #4075E6

monochromatic

#982C14 #CE3B1B #E65E40 #ED8C76 #F4B9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#E65E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#E65E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E65E40

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E65E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E65E40	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83773C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC3F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e65e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.175 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f69076',
    500: '#e65e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e65e40;
$custom-light: #f69076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e65e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.843,
    "s": 76.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65106,
    "c": 0.17549,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.25199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E65E40

secondary

#9FD6E2

accent

#D1F334

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E65E40

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

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