#E8504C#E8504C

#E8504C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.189 H 25.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8504C
RGB	rgb(232, 80, 76)
HSL	hsl(2, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 67.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.50, 58.38, 34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.50, 68.03, 30.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% 0.1704 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.189 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4558, 23.4202, 9.3843)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8504C #4CE4E8

analogous

#E84C96 #E8504C #E89E4C

triadic

#E8504C #4CE850 #504CE8

tetradic

#E8504C #96E84C #4CE4E8 #9E4CE8

square

#E8504C #96E84C #4CE4E8 #9E4CE8

split-complementary

#E8504C #4CE89E #4C96E8

monochromatic

#A41915 #DB211C #E8504C #EF8582 #F6BAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#E8504C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#E8504C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8504C

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8504C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8504C	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)

#79704A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8504c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 80, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.189 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7897e',
    500: '#e8504c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8504c;
$custom-light: #f7897e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8504c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.538,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63884,
    "c": 0.18879,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8504C

secondary

#AAE4E6

accent

#D4D90C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8504C

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

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