#E8836D#E8836D

#E8836D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.129 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8836D
RGB	rgb(232, 131, 109)
HSL	hsl(11, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(11, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 53%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, 36.58, 28.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 46.62, 38.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.1079 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.129 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1584, 34.4969, 18.7980)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8836D #6DD2E8

analogous

#E86D95 #E8836D #E8C16D

triadic

#E8836D #6DE883 #836DE8

tetradic

#E8836D #95E86D #6DD2E8 #C16DE8

square

#E8836D #95E86D #6DD2E8 #C16DE8

split-complementary

#E8836D #6DE8C1 #6D95E8

monochromatic

#BD3A1E #E05638 #E8836D #F0B0A2 #F9DDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#E8836D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#E8836D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8836D

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8836D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8836D	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C926B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A76B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB737E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8836d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 131, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.129 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4a897',
    500: '#e8836d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8836d;
$custom-light: #f4a897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8836d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.732,
    "s": 72.781,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71517,
    "c": 0.12902,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8836D

secondary

#C5E5EC

accent

#B2D511

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8836D

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

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