#E38C8A#E38C8A

#E38C8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.107 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38C8A
RGB	rgb(227, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(1, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(1, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 39.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 32.84, 15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 36.17, 24.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0993 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.107 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6462, 36.9257, 28.7631)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38C8A #8AE1E3

analogous

#E38AB5 #E38C8A #E3B98A

triadic

#E38C8A #8AE38C #8C8AE3

tetradic

#E38C8A #B5E38A #8AE1E3 #B98AE3

square

#E38C8A #B5E38A #8AE1E3 #B98AE3

split-complementary

#E38C8A #8AE3B9 #8AB5E3

monochromatic

#C4322F #D75B59 #E38C8A #EFBDBB #F9E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#E38C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#E38C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38C8A

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38C8A	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AA89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3828C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.107 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeaeac',
    500: '#e38c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38c8a;
$custom-light: #eeaeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.348,
    "s": 61.379,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72995,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38C8A

secondary

#D9EFF0

accent

#C5C91C

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38C8A

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

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