#E28C8D#E28C8D

#E28C8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.105 H 19.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E28C8D
RGB	rgb(226, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(359, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(359, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 37.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 32.81, 13.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 35.44, 22.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0993 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.105 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5518, 36.8516, 29.9081)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E28C8D #8CE2E1

analogous

#E28CB8 #E28C8D #E2B68C

triadic

#E28C8D #8DE28C #8C8DE2

tetradic

#E28C8D #B8E28C #8CE2E1 #B68CE2

square

#E28C8D #B8E28C #8CE2E1 #B68CE2

split-complementary

#E28C8D #8CE2B6 #8CB8E2

monochromatic

#C33133 #D65B5D #E28C8D #EEBDBD #F9E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#E28C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#E28C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E28C8D

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E28C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E28C8D	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D998D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2828D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e28c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.105 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edaeae',
    500: '#e28c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e28c8d;
$custom-light: #edaeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e28c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.302,
    "s": 59.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72948,
    "c": 0.10518,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E28C8D

secondary

#DAF0F0

accent

#C7C51E

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E28C8D

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

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