#E8509D#E8509D

#E8509D is a light, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.201 H 352.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8509D
RGB	rgb(232, 80, 157)
HSL	hsl(330, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(330, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 32.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 65.18, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 65.92, 351.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% 0.1989 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.201 352.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2354, 25.3321, 34.5571)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8509D #50E89B

analogous

#E750E8 #E8509D #E85051

triadic

#E8509D #9DE850 #509DE8

tetradic

#E8509D #E8E750 #50E89B #5051E8

square

#E8509D #E8E750 #50E89B #5051E8

split-complementary

#E8509D #51E850 #50E8E7

monochromatic

#A81660 #DE1D7F #E8509D #EF86BB #F6BCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#E8509D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#E8509D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8509D

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8509D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8509D	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68789F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F94670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8509d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 80, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.201 352.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48ab9',
    500: '#e8509d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8509d;
$custom-light: #f48ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8509d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 329.605,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65911,
    "c": 0.20056,
    "h": 352.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8509D

secondary

#ADE6CA

accent

#D9710D

background

#FFF8FB

surface

#FFF0F6

border

#D7CBD0

text

#180D11

muted

#867D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8509D

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

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