#E8505E#E8505E

#E8505E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.187 H 18.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8505E
RGB	rgb(232, 80, 94)
HSL	hsl(354, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(354, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, 59.44, 24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 64.45, 22.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% 0.1771 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.187 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1714, 23.7065, 13.1533)
Luminance	0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8505E #50E8DA

analogous

#E850AA #E8505E #E88E50

triadic

#E8505E #5EE850 #505EE8

tetradic

#E8505E #AAE850 #50E8DA #8E50E8

square

#E8505E #AAE850 #50E8DA #8E50E8

split-complementary

#E8505E #50E88E #50AAE8

monochromatic

#A81623 #DE1D2F #E8505E #EF8690 #F6BCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E8505E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#E8505E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8505E

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8505E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8505E	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77715E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E915A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8505e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 80, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.187 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6898b',
    500: '#e8505e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8505e;
$custom-light: #f6898b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8505e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.474,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64195,
    "c": 0.18717,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8505E

secondary

#ADE6E1

accent

#D9C60D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8505E

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

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