#E8636E#E8636E

#E8636E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.165 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8636E
RGB	rgb(232, 99, 110)
HSL	hsl(355, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(355, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 52.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, 52.43, 20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 56.15, 20.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% 0.1573 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.165 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5583, 27.2102, 17.8651)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8636E #63E8DD

analogous

#E863B0 #E8636E #E89B63

triadic

#E8636E #6EE863 #636EE8

tetradic

#E8636E #B0E863 #63E8DD #9B63E8

square

#E8636E #B0E863 #63E8DD #9B63E8

split-complementary

#E8636E #63E89B #63B0E8

monochromatic

#B61B28 #E02E3C #E8636E #F098A0 #F8CED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#E8636E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#E8636E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8636E

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8636E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8636E	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3996B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC4E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8636e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 99, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.165 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f59497',
    500: '#e8636e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8636e;
$custom-light: #f59497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8636e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.038,
    "s": 74.302,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66827,
    "c": 0.16509,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8636E

secondary

#BDEAE6

accent

#D6C60F

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#180D0D

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8636E

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

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