#E8A196#E8A196

#E8A196 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.087 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A196
RGB	rgb(232, 161, 150)
HSL	hsl(8, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(8, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 35.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, 24.97, 16.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 29.86, 33.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% 0.0759 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.087 29)
XYZ	xyz(51.5304, 44.8510, 34.7912)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A196 #96DDE8

analogous

#E896B4 #E8A196 #E8CA96

triadic

#E8A196 #96E8A1 #A196E8

tetradic

#E8A196 #B4E896 #96DDE8 #CA96E8

square

#E8A196 #B4E896 #96DDE8 #CA96E8

split-complementary

#E8A196 #96E8CA #96B4E8

monochromatic

#D24732 #DD7464 #E8A196 #F3CEC8 #FAE9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E8A196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#E8A196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A196

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A196	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.087 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bdb4',
    500: '#e8a196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a196;
$custom-light: #f1bdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.049,
    "s": 64.062,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77493,
    "c": 0.08673,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.44848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A196

secondary

#DAEEF1

accent

#B4CC1A

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171211

muted

#858180

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A196

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

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