#E8636C#E8636C

#E8636C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.165 H 18.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8636C
RGB	rgb(232, 99, 108)
HSL	hsl(356, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(356, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 53.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 52.27, 21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 56.41, 22.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% 0.1565 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.165 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4506, 27.1671, 17.2981)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8636C #63E8DF

analogous

#E863AE #E8636C #E89D63

triadic

#E8636C #6CE863 #636CE8

tetradic

#E8636C #AEE863 #63E8DF #9D63E8

square

#E8636C #AEE863 #63E8DF #9D63E8

split-complementary

#E8636C #63E89D #63AEE8

monochromatic

#B61B25 #E02E3A #E8636C #F0989E #F8CED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#E8636C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#E8636C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8636C

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8636C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8636C	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827D6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC4D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8636c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 99, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.165 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f59496',
    500: '#e8636c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8636c;
$custom-light: #f59496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8636c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.94,
    "s": 74.302,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66784,
    "c": 0.16514,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8636C

secondary

#BDEAE7

accent

#D6C90F

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F1

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180D0D

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8636C

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

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