#E8505C#E8505C

#E8505C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.187 H 19.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8505C
RGB	rgb(232, 80, 92)
HSL	hsl(355, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(355, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 60.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, 59.31, 26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 64.77, 23.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.1763 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.187 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0828, 23.6711, 12.6868)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8505C #50E8DC

analogous

#E850A8 #E8505C #E89050

triadic

#E8505C #5CE850 #505CE8

tetradic

#E8505C #A8E850 #50E8DC #9050E8

square

#E8505C #A8E850 #50E8DC #9050E8

split-complementary

#E8505C #50E890 #50A8E8

monochromatic

#A81622 #DE1D2C #E8505C #EF868E #F6BCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E8505C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#E8505C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8505C

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8505C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8505C	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	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)

#77715B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8505c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 80, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.187 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6898a',
    500: '#e8505c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8505c;
$custom-light: #f6898a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8505c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.263,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64157,
    "c": 0.18725,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8505C

secondary

#ADE6E2

accent

#D9C90D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8505C

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

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