#E48C8A#E48C8A

#E48C8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.108 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48C8A
RGB	rgb(228, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(1, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 39.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 33.22, 15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 36.59, 24.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.1004 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.108 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9626, 37.0889, 28.7780)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48C8A #8AE2E4

analogous

#E48AB5 #E48C8A #E4B98A

triadic

#E48C8A #8AE48C #8C8AE4

tetradic

#E48C8A #B5E48A #8AE2E4 #B98AE4

square

#E48C8A #B5E48A #8AE2E4 #B98AE4

split-complementary

#E48C8A #8AE4B9 #8AB5E4

monochromatic

#C6312E #D95B58 #E48C8A #EFBDBC #F9E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#E48C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#E48C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48C8A

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48C8A	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4818C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.108 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efaeac',
    500: '#e48c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48c8a;
$custom-light: #efaeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.333,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73115,
    "c": 0.10784,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48C8A

secondary

#D9F0F0

accent

#C6CA1B

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48C8A

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

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