#E8504E#E8504E

#E8504E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.189 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8504E
RGB	rgb(232, 80, 78)
HSL	hsl(1, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(1, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 66.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, 58.48, 33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 67.56, 30.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.1711 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.189 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5264, 23.4485, 9.7562)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8504E #4EE6E8

analogous

#E84E99 #E8504E #E89D4E

triadic

#E8504E #4EE850 #504EE8

tetradic

#E8504E #99E84E #4EE6E8 #9D4EE8

square

#E8504E #99E84E #4EE6E8 #9D4EE8

split-complementary

#E8504E #4EE89D #4E99E8

monochromatic

#A61716 #DC1F1D #E8504E #EF8684 #F6BBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#E8504E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#E8504E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8504E

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8504E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8504E	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79704C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8504e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 80, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.189 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7897f',
    500: '#e8504e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8504e;
$custom-light: #f7897f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8504e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.779,
    "s": 77,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63915,
    "c": 0.18853,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8504E

secondary

#ACE5E6

accent

#D7D90C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8504E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →