#E8545E#E8545E

#E8545E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.183 H 20.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8545E
RGB	rgb(232, 84, 94)
HSL	hsl(356, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(356, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, 57.81, 25.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 63.27, 23.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% 0.1719 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.183 20)
XYZ	xyz(38.4731, 24.3098, 13.2538)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8545E #54E8DE

analogous

#E854A8 #E8545E #E89454

triadic

#E8545E #5EE854 #545EE8

tetradic

#E8545E #A8E854 #54E8DE #9454E8

square

#E8545E #A8E854 #54E8DE #9454E8

split-complementary

#E8545E #54E894 #54A8E8

monochromatic

#AB1721 #E11E2B #E8545E #EF8A91 #F7C0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#E8545E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#E8545E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8545E

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8545E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8545E	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A745D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F935A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD3559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8545e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 84, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.183 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68b8b',
    500: '#e8545e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8545e;
$custom-light: #f68b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8545e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.946,
    "s": 76.289,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64647,
    "c": 0.18288,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.24305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8545E

secondary

#B1E7E4

accent

#D8CB0D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8545E

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

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