#E8545A#E8545A

#E8545A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.183 H 21.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8545A
RGB	rgb(232, 84, 90)
HSL	hsl(358, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, 57.55, 27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 63.97, 25.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% 0.1704 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.183 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2982, 24.2398, 12.3329)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8545A #54E8E2

analogous

#E854A4 #E8545A #E89854

triadic

#E8545A #5AE854 #545AE8

tetradic

#E8545A #A4E854 #54E8E2 #9854E8

square

#E8545A #A4E854 #54E8E2 #9854E8

split-complementary

#E8545A #54E898 #54A4E8

monochromatic

#AB171D #E11E26 #E8545A #EF8A8E #F7C0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E8545A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#E8545A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8545A

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8545A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8545A	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8545a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 84, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.183 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68b88',
    500: '#e8545a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8545a;
$custom-light: #f68b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8545a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.568,
    "s": 76.289,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64573,
    "c": 0.18316,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8545A

secondary

#B1E7E5

accent

#D8D00D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8545A

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

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