#E8496E#E8496E

#E8496E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.195 H 10.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8496E
RGB	rgb(232, 73, 110)
HSL	hsl(346, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(346, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 52.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 63.31, 14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 64.96, 12.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.1918 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.195 10.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4791, 23.0519, 17.1720)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8496E #49E8C3

analogous

#E849BD #E8496E #E87449

triadic

#E8496E #6EE849 #496EE8

tetradic

#E8496E #BDE849 #49E8C3 #7449E8

square

#E8496E #BDE849 #49E8C3 #7449E8

split-complementary

#E8496E #49E874 #49BDE8

monochromatic

#A21435 #D81B47 #E8496E #EF7F99 #F6B6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#E8496E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#E8496E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8496E

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8496E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8496E	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99906A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD2958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8496e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 73, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.195 10.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68697',
    500: '#e8496e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8496e;
$custom-light: #f68697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8496e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.038,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63803,
    "c": 0.19531,
    "h": 10.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8496E

secondary

#A8E5D7

accent

#F4C734

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#180C0D

muted

#867D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8496E

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

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