#E8556E#E8556E

#E8556E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.182 H 13.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8556E
RGB	rgb(232, 85, 110)
HSL	hsl(350, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(350, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 52.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, 58.57, 16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 60.98, 16.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% 0.1767 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.182 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3450, 24.7837, 17.4607)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8556E #55E8CF

analogous

#E855B8 #E8556E #E88655

triadic

#E8556E #6EE855 #556EE8

tetradic

#E8556E #B8E855 #55E8CF #8655E8

square

#E8556E #B8E855 #55E8CF #8655E8

split-complementary

#E8556E #55E886 #55B8E8

monochromatic

#AB1730 #E11F40 #E8556E #EF8B9C #F7C1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#E8556E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#E8556E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8556E

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8556E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8556E	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78756E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D946A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD3B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8556e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 85, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.182 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58c97',
    500: '#e8556e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8556e;
$custom-light: #f58c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8556e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.796,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65098,
    "c": 0.18177,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8556E

secondary

#B1E7DE

accent

#D8B60D

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#180D0D

muted

#867D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8556E

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

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