#E8958A#E8958A

#E8958A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.102 H 27.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8958A
RGB	rgb(232, 149, 138)
HSL	hsl(7, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(7, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 40.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, 29.97, 18.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 35.40, 32.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% 0.0904 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.102 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.6158, 40.4895, 29.2946)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8958A #8ADDE8

analogous

#E88AAE #E8958A #E8C48A

triadic

#E8958A #8AE895 #958AE8

tetradic

#E8958A #AEE88A #8ADDE8 #C48AE8

square

#E8958A #AEE88A #8ADDE8 #C48AE8

split-complementary

#E8958A #8AE8C4 #8AAEE8

monochromatic

#CF3C29 #DE6757 #E8958A #F2C3BD #FAE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#E8958A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#E8958A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8958A

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8958A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8958A	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8958a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 149, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.102 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b5ac',
    500: '#e8958a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8958a;
$custom-light: #f2b5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8958a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.021,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75117,
    "c": 0.10232,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8958A

secondary

#DAEFF1

accent

#B9CF16

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8958A

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

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