#E48481#E48481

#E48481 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.119 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48481
RGB	rgb(228, 132, 129)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(2, 43%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.1%, 43.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, 36.44, 17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 40.53, 25.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% 0.1097 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.119 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2111, 34.5855, 25.1119)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48481 #81E1E4

analogous

#E481B0 #E48481 #E4B581

triadic

#E48481 #81E484 #8481E4

tetradic

#E48481 #B0E481 #81E1E4 #B581E4

square

#E48481 #B0E481 #81E1E4 #B581E4

split-complementary

#E48481 #81E4B5 #81B0E4

monochromatic

#C12E29 #D9534F #E48481 #EFB5B3 #FAE6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#E48481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#E48481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48481

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48481	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A67F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F57884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 132, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.119 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0a9a5',
    500: '#e48481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48481;
$custom-light: #f0a9a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.818,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71585,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48481

secondary

#D3EDEE

accent

#C7CD19

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FEF4F4

border

#D6CECE

text

#17100F

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48481

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

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