#E8A495#E8A495

#E8A495 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.084 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A495
RGB	rgb(232, 164, 149)
HSL	hsl(11, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(11, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 35.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, 23.25, 17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 29.31, 37.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% 0.0707 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.084 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9808, 45.8800, 34.5458)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A495 #95D9E8

analogous

#E895B0 #E8A495 #E8CD95

triadic

#E8A495 #95E8A4 #A495E8

tetradic

#E8A495 #B0E895 #95D9E8 #CD95E8

square

#E8A495 #B0E895 #95D9E8 #CD95E8

split-complementary

#E8A495 #95E8CD #95B0E8

monochromatic

#D24E30 #DD7963 #E8A495 #F3CFC7 #FAE9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#E8A495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#E8A495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A495

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A495	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BA94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 164, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.084 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bfb4',
    500: '#e8a495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a495;
$custom-light: #f1bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.843,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78006,
    "c": 0.08415,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A495

secondary

#DAEDF1

accent

#ACCC19

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171211

muted

#858180

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A495

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

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