#E8496C#E8496C

#E8496C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.195 H 11.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8496C
RGB	rgb(232, 73, 108)
HSL	hsl(347, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(347, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 53.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, 63.15, 15.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 65.08, 13.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% 0.191 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.195 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3715, 23.0088, 16.6050)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8496C #49E8C5

analogous

#E849BC #E8496C #E87549

triadic

#E8496C #6CE849 #496CE8

tetradic

#E8496C #BCE849 #49E8C5 #7549E8

square

#E8496C #BCE849 #49E8C5 #7549E8

split-complementary

#E8496C #49E875 #49BCE8

monochromatic

#A21434 #D81B45 #E8496C #EF7F98 #F6B6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#E8496C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#E8496C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8496C

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8496C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8496C	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)

#706F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD2857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8496c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 73, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.195 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68695',
    500: '#e8496c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8496c;
$custom-light: #f68695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8496c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.792,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63756,
    "c": 0.1951,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8496C

secondary

#A8E5D8

accent

#F4CA34

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F1

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0D

muted

#867D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8496C

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

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