#E8496B#E8496B

#E8496B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.195 H 12.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8496B
RGB	rgb(232, 73, 107)
HSL	hsl(347, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(347, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 53.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, 63.08, 16.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 65.14, 14.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% 0.1906 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.195 12.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3186, 22.9876, 16.3263)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8496B #49E8C6

analogous

#E849BA #E8496B #E87749

triadic

#E8496B #6BE849 #496BE8

tetradic

#E8496B #BAE849 #49E8C6 #7749E8

square

#E8496B #BAE849 #49E8C6 #7749E8

split-complementary

#E8496B #49E877 #49BAE8

monochromatic

#A21433 #D81B44 #E8496B #EF7F97 #F6B6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#E8496B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#E8496B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8496B

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8496B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8496B	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706F6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD2757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8496b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 73, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.195 12.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68695',
    500: '#e8496b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8496b;
$custom-light: #f68695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8496b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.17,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63733,
    "c": 0.195,
    "h": 12.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8496B

secondary

#A8E5D8

accent

#F4CB34

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F1

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0D

muted

#867D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8496B

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

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