#E8A299#E8A299

#E8A299 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.085 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A299
RGB	rgb(232, 162, 153)
HSL	hsl(7, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(7, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 34.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, 24.81, 15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 29.05, 31.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% 0.0755 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.085 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9505, 45.2997, 36.1383)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A299 #99DFE8

analogous

#E899B8 #E8A299 #E8C999

triadic

#E8A299 #99E8A2 #A299E8

tetradic

#E8A299 #B8E899 #99DFE8 #C999E8

square

#E8A299 #B8E899 #99DFE8 #C999E8

split-complementary

#E8A299 #99E8C9 #99B8E8

monochromatic

#D14735 #DD7467 #E8A299 #F3D0CB #F9E8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E8A299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#E8A299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A299

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A299	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F799A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 162, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.085 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1beb7',
    500: '#e8a299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a299;
$custom-light: #f1beb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.835,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77742,
    "c": 0.08493,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A299

secondary

#DAEEF1

accent

#B7CB1B

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171211

muted

#858180

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A299

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

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