#E8454E#E8454E

#E8454E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.199 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8454E
RGB	rgb(232, 69, 78)
HSL	hsl(357, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 66.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, 62.69, 31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 70.35, 27.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.1844 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.199 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7859, 21.9675, 9.5094)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8454E #45E8DF

analogous

#E845A0 #E8454E #E88E45

triadic

#E8454E #4EE845 #454EE8

tetradic

#E8454E #A0E845 #45E8DF #8E45E8

square

#E8454E #A0E845 #45E8DF #8E45E8

split-complementary

#E8454E #45E88E #45A0E8

monochromatic

#9F141B #D51A25 #E8454E #EF7B82 #F5B2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#E8454E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#E8454E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8454E

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8454E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8454E	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736B4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE0B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8454e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 69, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.199 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8837f',
    500: '#e8454e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8454e;
$custom-light: #f8837f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8454e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.687,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62765,
    "c": 0.19907,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8454E

secondary

#A4E4E1

accent

#F4EA33

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8454E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →