#E8534A#E8534A

#E8534A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.186 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8534A
RGB	rgb(232, 83, 74)
HSL	hsl(3, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(3, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 68.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, 57.04, 36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 67.76, 32.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% 0.1658 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.186 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6119, 23.8420, 9.0987)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8534A #4ADFE8

analogous

#E84A90 #E8534A #E8A24A

triadic

#E8534A #4AE853 #534AE8

tetradic

#E8534A #90E84A #4ADFE8 #A24AE8

square

#E8534A #90E84A #4ADFE8 #A24AE8

split-complementary

#E8534A #4AE8A2 #4A90E8

monochromatic

#A31D15 #D9261C #E8534A #EF8780 #F6BAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#E8534A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#E8534A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8534A

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8534A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8534A	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8534a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 83, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.186 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78a7d',
    500: '#e8534a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8534a;
$custom-light: #f78a7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8534a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.418,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64196,
    "c": 0.18616,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8534A

secondary

#A8E2E5

accent

#E9F434

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8534A

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

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