#E48C8B#E48C8B

#E48C8B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.108 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48C8B
RGB	rgb(228, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(1, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(1, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 39%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 33.33, 14.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 36.47, 23.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.1008 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.108 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0353, 37.1180, 29.1610)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48C8B #8BE3E4

analogous

#E48BB7 #E48C8B #E4B98B

triadic

#E48C8B #8BE48C #8C8BE4

tetradic

#E48C8B #B7E48B #8BE3E4 #B98BE4

square

#E48C8B #B7E48B #8BE3E4 #B98BE4

split-complementary

#E48C8B #8BE4B9 #8BB7E4

monochromatic

#C6302E #D85B59 #E48C8B #F0BDBD #F9E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#E48C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#E48C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48C8B

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48C8B	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)

#9E998A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4828C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.108 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efaeac',
    500: '#e48c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48c8b;
$custom-light: #efaeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.674,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73139,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48C8B

secondary

#DAF0F1

accent

#C8CA1C

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48C8B

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

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