#E8A38E#E8A38E

#E8A38E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.088 H 37.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A38E
RGB	rgb(232, 163, 142)
HSL	hsl(14, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(14, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 38.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, 22.97, 21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 31.22, 42.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% 0.0695 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.088 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.2604, 45.3066, 31.6311)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A38E #8ED3E8

analogous

#E88EA6 #E8A38E #E8D08E

triadic

#E8A38E #8EE8A3 #A38EE8

tetradic

#E8A38E #A6E88E #8ED3E8 #D08EE8

square

#E8A38E #A6E88E #8ED3E8 #D08EE8

split-complementary

#E8A38E #8EE8D0 #8EA6E8

monochromatic

#D1512B #DE7A5B #E8A38E #F2CCC1 #FAEAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E8A38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#E8A38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A38E

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A38E	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)

#B3AB8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B98D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 163, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.088 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1beaf',
    500: '#e8a38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a38e;
$custom-light: #f1beaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14,
    "s": 66.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7767,
    "c": 0.08779,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A38E

secondary

#DAECF1

accent

#A3CE17

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF7F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#171210

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A38E

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

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