#ED6A40#ED6A40

#ED6A40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.172 H 38.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ED6A40
RGB	rgb(237, 106, 64)
HSL	hsl(15, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 73%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, 48.05, 47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 67.46, 44.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% 0.1354 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.172 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0086, 28.6881, 8.2274)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ED6A40 #40C3ED

analogous

#ED406D #ED6A40 #EDC040

triadic

#ED6A40 #40ED6A #6A40ED

tetradic

#ED6A40 #6DED40 #40C3ED #C040ED

square

#ED6A40 #6DED40 #40C3ED #C040ED

split-complementary

#ED6A40 #40EDC0 #406DED

monochromatic

#A3330F #DB4515 #ED6A40 #F29678 #F8C1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#ED6A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#ED6A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #ED6A40

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ED6A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ED6A40	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ed6a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 106, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.172 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa9877',
    500: '#ed6a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ed6a40;
$custom-light: #fa9877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ed6a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.566,
    "s": 82.775,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67766,
    "c": 0.172,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ED6A40

secondary

#A2D6E6

accent

#C8F92F

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#190E09

muted

#877E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ED6A40

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

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