#E8545C#E8545C

#E8545C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.183 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8545C
RGB	rgb(232, 84, 92)
HSL	hsl(357, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 60.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, 57.68, 26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 63.61, 24.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% 0.1711 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.183 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3845, 24.2744, 12.7873)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8545C #54E8E0

analogous

#E854A6 #E8545C #E89654

triadic

#E8545C #5CE854 #545CE8

tetradic

#E8545C #A6E854 #54E8E0 #9654E8

square

#E8545C #A6E854 #54E8E0 #9654E8

split-complementary

#E8545C #54E896 #54A6E8

monochromatic

#AB171F #E11E29 #E8545C #EF8A8F #F7C0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E8545C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#E8545C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8545C

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8545C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8545C	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)

#7A735B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8545c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 84, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.183 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68b8a',
    500: '#e8545c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8545c;
$custom-light: #f68b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8545c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.757,
    "s": 76.289,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64609,
    "c": 0.18301,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8545C

secondary

#B1E7E4

accent

#D8CD0D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8545C

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

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