#E8A491#E8A491

#E8A491 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.086 H 36.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A491
RGB	rgb(232, 164, 145)
HSL	hsl(13, 65%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(13, 38%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 37.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, 22.78, 19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 30.26, 41.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% 0.0691 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.086 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.6669, 45.7545, 32.8928)
Luminance	0.4575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A491 #91D5E8

analogous

#E891AA #E8A491 #E8D091

triadic

#E8A491 #91E8A4 #A491E8

tetradic

#E8A491 #AAE891 #91D5E8 #D091E8

square

#E8A491 #AAE891 #91D5E8 #D091E8

split-complementary

#E8A491 #91E8D0 #91AAE8

monochromatic

#D3502C #DD7A5E #E8A491 #F3CEC4 #FAEAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#E8A491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#E8A491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A491

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A491	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AC90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BA90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 164, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.086 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bfb1',
    500: '#e8a491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a491;
$custom-light: #f1bfb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.103,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77916,
    "c": 0.08569,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A491

secondary

#DAECF1

accent

#A6CD18

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF7F5

border

#D6D0CF

text

#171210

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A491

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

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