#E8494A#E8494A

#E8494A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.196 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8494A
RGB	rgb(232, 73, 74)
HSL	hsl(360, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(360, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 68.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, 61.00, 34.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 70.25, 29.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% 0.1783 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.196 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9012, 22.4207, 8.8618)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8494A #49E8E7

analogous

#E84999 #E8494A #E89849

triadic

#E8494A #4AE849 #494AE8

tetradic

#E8494A #99E849 #49E8E7 #9849E8

square

#E8494A #99E849 #49E8E7 #9849E8

split-complementary

#E8494A #49E898 #4999E8

monochromatic

#A21415 #D81B1D #E8494A #EF7F80 #F6B6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#E8494A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#E8494A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8494A

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8494A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8494A	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF184B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8494a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 73, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.196 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8857c',
    500: '#e8494a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8494a;
$custom-light: #f8857c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8494a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.623,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63103,
    "c": 0.19575,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8494A

secondary

#A8E5E5

accent

#F4F334

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8494A

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

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