#E8494B#E8494B

#E8494B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.196 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8494B
RGB	rgb(232, 73, 75)
HSL	hsl(359, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 67.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, 61.06, 34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 70.02, 29.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% 0.1786 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.196 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9352, 22.4343, 9.0406)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8494B #49E8E6

analogous

#E8499B #E8494B #E89649

triadic

#E8494B #4BE849 #494BE8

tetradic

#E8494B #9BE849 #49E8E6 #9649E8

square

#E8494B #9BE849 #49E8E6 #9649E8

split-complementary

#E8494B #49E896 #499BE8

monochromatic

#A21416 #D81B1E #E8494B #EF7F81 #F6B6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#E8494B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#E8494B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8494B

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8494B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8494B	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE184B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8494b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 73, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.196 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8857d',
    500: '#e8494b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8494b;
$custom-light: #f8857d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8494b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.245,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63118,
    "c": 0.19563,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8494B

secondary

#A8E5E4

accent

#F4F234

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8494B

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

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