#E38E8D#E38E8D

#E38E8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.104 H 20.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38E8D
RGB	rgb(227, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(1, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(1, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 37.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 32.13, 14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 35.12, 23.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% 0.0972 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.104 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1613, 37.6036, 30.0211)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38E8D #8DE2E3

analogous

#E38DB7 #E38E8D #E3B98D

triadic

#E38E8D #8DE38E #8E8DE3

tetradic

#E38E8D #B7E38D #8DE2E3 #B98DE3

square

#E38E8D #B7E38D #8DE2E3 #B98DE3

split-complementary

#E38E8D #8DE3B9 #8DB7E3

monochromatic

#C53230 #D75D5C #E38E8D #EFBFBE #F9E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#E38E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#E38E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38E8D

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38E8D	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AB8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3848E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.104 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb0ae',
    500: '#e38e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38e8d;
$custom-light: #eeb0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.698,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73405,
    "c": 0.10389,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38E8D

secondary

#DBF0F0

accent

#C6C81D

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF5F4

border

#D5CFCE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38E8D

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

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