#E8A197#E8A197

#E8A197 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.086 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A197
RGB	rgb(232, 161, 151)
HSL	hsl(7, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(7, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 34.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, 25.09, 15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 29.68, 32.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% 0.0763 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.086 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.6113, 44.8833, 35.2171)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A197 #97DEE8

analogous

#E897B6 #E8A197 #E8C997

triadic

#E8A197 #97E8A1 #A197E8

tetradic

#E8A197 #B6E897 #97DEE8 #C997E8

square

#E8A197 #B6E897 #97DEE8 #C997E8

split-complementary

#E8A197 #97E8C9 #97B6E8

monochromatic

#D24633 #DD7465 #E8A197 #F3CEC9 #F9E8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E8A197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#E8A197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A197

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A197	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.086 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bdb5',
    500: '#e8a197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a197;
$custom-light: #f1bdb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.407,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77516,
    "c": 0.08647,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A197

secondary

#DAEEF1

accent

#B6CC1A

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171211

muted

#858180

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A197

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

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