#E8504F#E8504F

#E8504F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.188 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8504F
RGB	rgb(232, 80, 79)
HSL	hsl(0, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 65.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, 58.54, 33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 67.34, 29.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% 0.1714 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.188 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5625, 23.4629, 9.9465)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8504F #4FE7E8

analogous

#E84F9A #E8504F #E89C4F

triadic

#E8504F #4FE850 #504FE8

tetradic

#E8504F #9AE84F #4FE7E8 #9C4FE8

square

#E8504F #9AE84F #4FE7E8 #9C4FE8

split-complementary

#E8504F #4FE89C #4F9AE8

monochromatic

#A71716 #DD1E1D #E8504F #EF8685 #F6BCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#E8504F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#E8504F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8504F

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8504F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8504F	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)

#79704E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8504f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 80, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.188 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78980',
    500: '#e8504f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8504f;
$custom-light: #f78980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8504f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.392,
    "s": 76.884,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63931,
    "c": 0.1884,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8504F

secondary

#ADE6E6

accent

#D8D90C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8504F

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

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