#E8535B#E8535B

#E8535B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.184 H 20.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8535B
RGB	rgb(232, 83, 91)
HSL	hsl(357, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, 58.03, 27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 64.08, 25.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% 0.1721 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.184 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2640, 24.1029, 12.5329)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8535B #53E8E0

analogous

#E853A5 #E8535B #E89653

triadic

#E8535B #5BE853 #535BE8

tetradic

#E8535B #A5E853 #53E8E0 #9653E8

square

#E8535B #A5E853 #53E8E0 #9653E8

split-complementary

#E8535B #53E896 #53A5E8

monochromatic

#AA171F #E01E28 #E8535B #EF898E #F6BFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#E8535B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#E8535B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8535B

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8535B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8535B	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)

#79735A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8535b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 83, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.184 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68b89',
    500: '#e8535b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8535b;
$custom-light: #f68b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8535b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.779,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64476,
    "c": 0.18415,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8535B

secondary

#B0E7E4

accent

#D9CE0D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8535B

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

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