#E8856B#E8856B

#E8856B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.128 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8856B
RGB	rgb(232, 133, 107)
HSL	hsl(12, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(12, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.7%, 53.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 35.38, 30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 46.72, 40.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.1039 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.128 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3232, 34.9968, 18.3279)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8856B #6BCEE8

analogous

#E86B90 #E8856B #E8C46B

triadic

#E8856B #6BE885 #856BE8

tetradic

#E8856B #90E86B #6BCEE8 #C46BE8

square

#E8856B #90E86B #6BCEE8 #C46BE8

split-complementary

#E8856B #6BE8C4 #6B90E8

monochromatic

#BB3E1D #E05936 #E8856B #F0B1A0 #F8DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#E8856B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#E8856B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8856B

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8856B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8856B	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A86A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB757F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8856b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 133, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.128 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4aa95',
    500: '#e8856b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8856b;
$custom-light: #f4aa95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8856b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.48,
    "s": 73.099,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71805,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8856B

secondary

#C3E3EC

accent

#ACD510

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F1

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8856B

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

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