#E8504A#E8504A

#E8504A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.189 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8504A
RGB	rgb(232, 80, 74)
HSL	hsl(2, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 68.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, 58.27, 36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 68.51, 31.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.1696 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.189 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3873, 23.3929, 9.0238)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8504A #4AE2E8

analogous

#E84A93 #E8504A #E89F4A

triadic

#E8504A #4AE850 #504AE8

tetradic

#E8504A #93E84A #4AE2E8 #9F4AE8

square

#E8504A #93E84A #4AE2E8 #9F4AE8

split-complementary

#E8504A #4AE89F #4A93E8

monochromatic

#A31A15 #D9231C #E8504A #EF8480 #F6B9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#E8504A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#E8504A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8504A

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8504A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8504A	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8504a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 80, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.189 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7897d',
    500: '#e8504a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8504a;
$custom-light: #f7897d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8504a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.278,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63855,
    "c": 0.18908,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8504A

secondary

#A8E3E5

accent

#EDF434

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8504A

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

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