#FF3E38#FF3E38

#FF3E38 is a light, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.229 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF3E38
RGB	rgb(255, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 100%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 78%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, 70.88, 48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 86.04, 34.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% 0.2032 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.229 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.6817, 24.9977, 6.2657)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF3E38 #38F9FF

analogous

#FF3895 #FF3E38 #FFA138

triadic

#FF3E38 #38FF3E #3E38FF

tetradic

#FF3E38 #95FF38 #38F9FF #A138FF

square

#FF3E38 #95FF38 #38F9FF #A138FF

split-complementary

#FF3E38 #38FFA1 #3895FF

monochromatic

#BD0600 #FA0800 #FF3E38 #FF7975 #FFB5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#FF3E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#FF3E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #FF3E38

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF3E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF3E38	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF003F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff3e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.229 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ff8370',
    500: '#ff3e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff3e38;
$custom-light: #ff8370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff3e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.809,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65728,
    "c": 0.22909,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF3E38

secondary

#A4EDEF

accent

#DFE600

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#1B0C07

muted

#887D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF3E38

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

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