#E8504B#E8504B

#E8504B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.189 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8504B
RGB	rgb(232, 80, 75)
HSL	hsl(2, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 67.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, 58.32, 35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 68.27, 31.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% 0.17 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.189 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4213, 23.4064, 9.2027)
Luminance	0.2340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8504B #4BE3E8

analogous

#E84B94 #E8504B #E89F4B

triadic

#E8504B #4BE850 #504BE8

tetradic

#E8504B #94E84B #4BE3E8 #9F4BE8

square

#E8504B #94E84B #4BE3E8 #9F4BE8

split-complementary

#E8504B #4BE89F #4B94E8

monochromatic

#A41915 #DA221C #E8504B #EF8581 #F6BAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#E8504B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#E8504B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8504B

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8504B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8504B	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)

#7A7049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8504b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 80, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.189 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7897d',
    500: '#e8504b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8504b;
$custom-light: #f7897d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8504b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.911,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63869,
    "c": 0.18893,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8504B

secondary

#A9E4E6

accent

#D3DA0C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8504B

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

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