#E8685E#E8685E

#E8685E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.161 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8685E
RGB	rgb(232, 104, 94)
HSL	hsl(4, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(4, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, 48.88, 30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 57.39, 31.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% 0.1438 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.161 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2529, 27.8695, 13.8471)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8685E #5EDEE8

analogous

#E85E99 #E8685E #E8AD5E

triadic

#E8685E #5EE868 #685EE8

tetradic

#E8685E #99E85E #5EDEE8 #AD5EE8

square

#E8685E #99E85E #5EDEE8 #AD5EE8

split-complementary

#E8685E #5EE8AD #5E99E8

monochromatic

#B22519 #E03628 #E8685E #F09A94 #F7CCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#E8685E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#E8685E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8685E

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8685E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8685E	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD5166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8685e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 104, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.161 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5978c',
    500: '#e8685e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8685e;
$custom-light: #f5978c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8685e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.348,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67187,
    "c": 0.16102,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8685E

secondary

#B9E6E9

accent

#C9D70E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8685E

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

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