#E8534E#E8534E

#E8534E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.186 H 25.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8534E
RGB	rgb(232, 83, 78)
HSL	hsl(2, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 66.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, 57.26, 34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 66.79, 30.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% 0.1672 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.186 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7510, 23.8977, 9.8311)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8534E #4EE3E8

analogous

#E84E96 #E8534E #E8A04E

triadic

#E8534E #4EE853 #534EE8

tetradic

#E8534E #96E84E #4EE3E8 #A04EE8

square

#E8534E #96E84E #4EE3E8 #A04EE8

split-complementary

#E8534E #4EE8A0 #4E96E8

monochromatic

#A61A16 #DC231D #E8534E #EF8884 #F6BCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#E8534E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#E8534E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8534E

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8534E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8534E	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B724C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8534e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 83, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.186 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78a80',
    500: '#e8534e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8534e;
$custom-light: #f78a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8534e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.948,
    "s": 77,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64255,
    "c": 0.18556,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8534E

secondary

#ACE4E6

accent

#D3D90C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8534E

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

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