#E8958E#E8958E

#E8958E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.101 H 25.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8958E
RGB	rgb(232, 149, 142)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(5, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 38.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 30.42, 16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 34.72, 28.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% 0.092 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.101 25)
XYZ	xyz(48.9108, 40.6075, 30.8479)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8958E #8EE1E8

analogous

#E88EB4 #E8958E #E8C28E

triadic

#E8958E #8EE895 #958EE8

tetradic

#E8958E #B4E88E #8EE1E8 #C28EE8

square

#E8958E #B4E88E #8EE1E8 #C28EE8

split-complementary

#E8958E #8EE8C2 #8EB4E8

monochromatic

#D1382B #DE655B #E8958E #F2C5C1 #FAE7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#E8958E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#E8958E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8958E

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8958E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8958E	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A18D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB18D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8958e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 149, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.101 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b5af',
    500: '#e8958e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8958e;
$custom-light: #f2b5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8958e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.667,
    "s": 66.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75208,
    "c": 0.10147,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.40604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8958E

secondary

#DAEFF1

accent

#C0CE17

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8958E

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

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