#E38C8B#E38C8B

#E38C8B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.107 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38C8B
RGB	rgb(227, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(1, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(1, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 38.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, 32.96, 14.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 36.06, 23.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0997 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.107 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7189, 36.9548, 29.1462)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38C8B #8BE2E3

analogous

#E38BB6 #E38C8B #E3B88B

triadic

#E38C8B #8BE38C #8C8BE3

tetradic

#E38C8B #B6E38B #8BE2E3 #B88BE3

square

#E38C8B #B6E38B #8BE2E3 #B88BE3

split-complementary

#E38C8B #8BE3B8 #8BB6E3

monochromatic

#C4312F #D75B5A #E38C8B #EFBDBC #F9E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#E38C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#E38C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38C8B

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38C8B	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E998A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AA8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3828C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.107 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeaeac',
    500: '#e38c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38c8b;
$custom-light: #eeaeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.682,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73019,
    "c": 0.10654,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38C8B

secondary

#DAF0F0

accent

#C7C91D

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38C8B

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

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