#E38C8D#E38C8D

#E38C8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.106 H 19.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38C8D
RGB	rgb(227, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(359, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 37.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 33.19, 13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 35.85, 22.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% 0.1005 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.106 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8664, 37.0138, 29.9228)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38C8D #8CE3E2

analogous

#E38CB9 #E38C8D #E3B78C

triadic

#E38C8D #8DE38C #8C8DE3

tetradic

#E38C8D #B9E38C #8CE3E2 #B78CE3

square

#E38C8D #B9E38C #8CE3E2 #B78CE3

split-complementary

#E38C8D #8CE3B7 #8CB9E3

monochromatic

#C53032 #D75B5C #E38C8D #EFBDBE #F9E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#E38C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#E38C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38C8D

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38C8D	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D998D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3828D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.106 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeaeae',
    500: '#e38c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38c8d;
$custom-light: #eeaeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.31,
    "s": 60.839,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73068,
    "c": 0.10639,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38C8D

secondary

#DAF0F0

accent

#C9C71D

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38C8D

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

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