#E8545B#E8545B

#E8545B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.183 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8545B
RGB	rgb(232, 84, 91)
HSL	hsl(357, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, 57.61, 27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 63.79, 25.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% 0.1707 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.183 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3410, 24.2570, 12.5586)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8545B #54E8E1

analogous

#E854A5 #E8545B #E89754

triadic

#E8545B #5BE854 #545BE8

tetradic

#E8545B #A5E854 #54E8E1 #9754E8

square

#E8545B #A5E854 #54E8E1 #9754E8

split-complementary

#E8545B #54E897 #54A5E8

monochromatic

#AB171E #E11E27 #E8545B #EF8A8F #F7C0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E8545B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#E8545B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8545B

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8545B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8545B	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)

#7A735A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8545b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 84, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.183 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68b89',
    500: '#e8545b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8545b;
$custom-light: #f68b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8545b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.162,
    "s": 76.289,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64591,
    "c": 0.18308,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8545B

secondary

#B1E7E5

accent

#D8CF0D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8545B

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

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