#E38484#E38484

#E38484 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.117 H 20.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38484
RGB	rgb(227, 132, 132)
HSL	hsl(0, 63%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(0, 42%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 41.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, 36.38, 15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 39.72, 23.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.1098 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.117 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0970, 34.5033, 26.1627)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38484 #84E3E3

analogous

#E384B3 #E38484 #E3B384

triadic

#E38484 #84E384 #8484E3

tetradic

#E38484 #B3E384 #84E3E3 #B384E3

square

#E38484 #B3E384 #84E3E3 #B384E3

split-complementary

#E38484 #84E3B3 #84B3E3

monochromatic

#C12C2C #D85252 #E38484 #EEB6B6 #F9E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#E38484 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#E38484 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38484

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38484	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38484	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F47885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38484;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 132, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.117 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efa9a7',
    500: '#e38484',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38484;
$custom-light: #efa9a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38484",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 62.914,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71529,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38484

secondary

#D4EEEE

accent

#CBCB1B

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FEF4F4

border

#D6CECE

text

#17100F

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38484

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

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