#E8535A#E8535A

#E8535A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.184 H 21.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8535A
RGB	rgb(232, 83, 90)
HSL	hsl(357, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, 57.96, 27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 64.26, 25.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% 0.1717 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.184 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2211, 24.0857, 12.3072)
Luminance	0.2408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8535A #53E8E1

analogous

#E853A5 #E8535A #E89753

triadic

#E8535A #5AE853 #535AE8

tetradic

#E8535A #A5E853 #53E8E1 #9753E8

square

#E8535A #A5E853 #53E8E1 #9753E8

split-complementary

#E8535A #53E897 #53A5E8

monochromatic

#AA171E #E01E27 #E8535A #EF898E #F6BFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#E8535A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#E8535A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8535A

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8535A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8535A	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8535a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 83, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.184 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68b88',
    500: '#e8535a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8535a;
$custom-light: #f68b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8535a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.181,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64457,
    "c": 0.18422,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8535A

secondary

#B0E7E4

accent

#D9CF0D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8535A

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

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