#E8A199#E8A199

#E8A199 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.086 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A199
RGB	rgb(232, 161, 153)
HSL	hsl(6, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(6, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 34.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, 25.34, 14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 29.35, 30.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% 0.077 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.086 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.7751, 44.9488, 36.0798)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A199 #99E0E8

analogous

#E899B8 #E8A199 #E8C899

triadic

#E8A199 #99E8A1 #A199E8

tetradic

#E8A199 #B8E899 #99E0E8 #C899E8

square

#E8A199 #B8E899 #99E0E8 #C899E8

split-complementary

#E8A199 #99E8C8 #99B8E8

monochromatic

#D14535 #DD7367 #E8A199 #F3CFCB #F9E8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#E8A199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#E8A199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A199

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A199	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.086 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bdb7',
    500: '#e8a199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a199;
$custom-light: #f1bdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.076,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77564,
    "c": 0.086,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A199

secondary

#DAEEF1

accent

#B9CB1B

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171211

muted

#858180

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A199

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

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