#E8997D#E8997D

#E8997D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.103 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8997D
RGB	rgb(232, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(16, 70%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(16, 46%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 46.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, 26.48, 26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 37.73, 45.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% 0.0788 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.103 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.3741, 41.4228, 24.8457)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8997D #7DCCE8

analogous

#E87D96 #E8997D #E8CF7D

triadic

#E8997D #7DE899 #997DE8

tetradic

#E8997D #96E87D #7DCCE8 #CF7DE8

square

#E8997D #96E87D #7DCCE8 #CF7DE8

split-complementary

#E8997D #7DE8CF #7D96E8

monochromatic

#C74E23 #DF7049 #E8997D #F1C2B1 #FAEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#E8997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#E8997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8997D

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8997D	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA27B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB37C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA8C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.103 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b7a3',
    500: '#e8997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8997d;
$custom-light: #f2b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.701,
    "s": 69.935,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7554,
    "c": 0.10334,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8997D

secondary

#D1E8EF

accent

#A0D214

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F3

border

#D7D0CD

text

#17110F

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8997D

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

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