#E8556C#E8556C

#E8556C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.182 H 14.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8556C
RGB	rgb(232, 85, 108)
HSL	hsl(351, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(351, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 53.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, 58.41, 18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 61.15, 17.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.1759 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.182 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2374, 24.7406, 16.8937)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8556C #55E8D1

analogous

#E855B6 #E8556C #E88755

triadic

#E8556C #6CE855 #556CE8

tetradic

#E8556C #B6E855 #55E8D1 #8755E8

square

#E8556C #B6E855 #55E8D1 #8755E8

split-complementary

#E8556C #55E887 #55B6E8

monochromatic

#AB172E #E11F3D #E8556C #EF8B9B #F7C1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#E8556C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#E8556C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8556C

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8556C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8556C	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78756C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD3B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8556c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 85, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.182 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58c95',
    500: '#e8556c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8556c;
$custom-light: #f58c95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8556c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.612,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65053,
    "c": 0.18166,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8556C

secondary

#B1E7DF

accent

#D8B90D

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F1

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0D

muted

#867D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8556C

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

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