#E8556D#E8556D

#E8556D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.182 H 14.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8556D
RGB	rgb(232, 85, 109)
HSL	hsl(350, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(350, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 53%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, 58.49, 17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 61.06, 16.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% 0.1763 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.182 14)
XYZ	xyz(39.2909, 24.7620, 17.1755)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8556D #55E8D0

analogous

#E855B7 #E8556D #E88755

triadic

#E8556D #6DE855 #556DE8

tetradic

#E8556D #B7E855 #55E8D0 #8755E8

square

#E8556D #B7E855 #55E8D0 #8755E8

split-complementary

#E8556D #55E887 #55B7E8

monochromatic

#AB172F #E11F3F #E8556D #EF8B9B #F7C1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#E8556D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#E8556D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8556D

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8556D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8556D	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)

#78756D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD3B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8556d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 85, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.182 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58c96',
    500: '#e8556d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8556d;
$custom-light: #f58c96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8556d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.204,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65076,
    "c": 0.18171,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.24757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8556D

secondary

#B1E7DF

accent

#D8B70D

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#180D0D

muted

#867D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8556D

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

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