#E48C8D#E48C8D

#E48C8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.108 H 19.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48C8D
RGB	rgb(228, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(359, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(359, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 38.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, 33.56, 13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 36.27, 22.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.1016 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.108 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1828, 37.1770, 29.9377)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48C8D #8CE4E3

analogous

#E48CB9 #E48C8D #E4B78C

triadic

#E48C8D #8DE48C #8C8DE4

tetradic

#E48C8D #B9E48C #8CE4E3 #B78CE4

square

#E48C8D #B9E48C #8CE4E3 #B78CE4

split-complementary

#E48C8D #8CE4B7 #8CB9E4

monochromatic

#C72F30 #D85A5C #E48C8D #F0BEBE #F9E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#E48C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#E48C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48C8D

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48C8D	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4828D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.108 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efaeae',
    500: '#e48c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48c8d;
$custom-light: #efaeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.318,
    "s": 61.972,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73187,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48C8D

secondary

#DAF1F0

accent

#CAC81C

background

#FEFAFA

surface

#FDF4F4

border

#D5CECE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48C8D

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

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