#E8505A#E8505A

#E8505A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.187 H 20.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8505A
RGB	rgb(232, 80, 90)
HSL	hsl(356, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(356, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, 59.18, 27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 65.12, 24.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% 0.1756 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.187 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9966, 23.6366, 12.2324)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8505A #50E8DE

analogous

#E850A6 #E8505A #E89250

triadic

#E8505A #5AE850 #505AE8

tetradic

#E8505A #A6E850 #50E8DE #9250E8

square

#E8505A #A6E850 #50E8DE #9250E8

split-complementary

#E8505A #50E892 #50A6E8

monochromatic

#A81620 #DE1D2A #E8505A #EF868D #F6BCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#E8505A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#E8505A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8505A

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8505A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8505A	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8505a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 80, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.187 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68988',
    500: '#e8505a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8505a;
$custom-light: #f68988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8505a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.053,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6412,
    "c": 0.18736,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8505A

secondary

#ADE6E3

accent

#D9CC0D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8505A

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

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