#E86442#E86442

#E86442 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.172 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E86442
RGB	rgb(232, 100, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 71.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, 49.15, 44.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 66.02, 41.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% 0.1396 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.172 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8232, 26.6686, 8.2564)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E86442 #42C6E8

analogous

#E84273 #E86442 #E8B742

triadic

#E86442 #42E864 #6442E8

tetradic

#E86442 #73E842 #42C6E8 #B742E8

square

#E86442 #73E842 #42C6E8 #B742E8

split-complementary

#E86442 #42E8B7 #4273E8

monochromatic

#9D2F13 #D3401A #E86442 #EF9179 #F5BDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#E86442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#E86442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E86442

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E86442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E86442	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e86442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 100, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.172 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f79478',
    500: '#e86442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e86442;
$custom-light: #f79478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e86442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.289,
    "s": 78.302,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66228,
    "c": 0.17155,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E86442

secondary

#A2D6E4

accent

#CDF533

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E86442

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

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