#E96E51#E96E51

#E96E51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.159 H 34.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E96E51
RGB	rgb(233, 110, 81)
HSL	hsl(11, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(11, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, 45.53, 38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 59.72, 40.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% 0.1311 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.159 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6691, 29.0746, 11.2533)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E96E51 #51CCE9

analogous

#E95180 #E96E51 #E9BA51

triadic

#E96E51 #51E96E #6E51E9

tetradic

#E96E51 #80E951 #51CCE9 #BA51E9

square

#E96E51 #80E951 #51CCE9 #BA51E9

split-complementary

#E96E51 #51E9BA #5180E9

monochromatic

#AA3216 #E0421C #E96E51 #F09B87 #F7C9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#E96E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#E96E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E96E51

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E96E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E96E51	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E824E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF5667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e96e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 110, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.159 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f69a82',
    500: '#e96e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e96e51;
$custom-light: #f69a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e96e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.447,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67971,
    "c": 0.1591,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E96E51

secondary

#AFDCE7

accent

#B2DA0C

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E96E51

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

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