#E8456D#E8456D

#E8456D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.199 H 10.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8456D
RGB	rgb(232, 69, 109)
HSL	hsl(345, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(345, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 53%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, 64.69, 14.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 66.27, 12.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.1961 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.199 10.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1706, 22.5214, 16.8021)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8456D #45E8C0

analogous

#E845BF #E8456D #E86F45

triadic

#E8456D #6DE845 #456DE8

tetradic

#E8456D #BFE845 #45E8C0 #6F45E8

square

#E8456D #BFE845 #45E8C0 #6F45E8

split-complementary

#E8456D #45E86F #45BFE8

monochromatic

#9F1436 #D51A48 #E8456D #EF7B98 #F5B2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#E8456D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#E8456D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8456D

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8456D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8456D	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD2055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8456d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 69, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.199 10.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68496',
    500: '#e8456d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8456d;
$custom-light: #f68496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8456d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.276,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63388,
    "c": 0.19945,
    "h": 10.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8456D

secondary

#A4E4D5

accent

#F4C533

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F1

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0D

muted

#867D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8456D

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

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