#E8A498#E8A498

#E8A498 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.083 H 30.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A498
RGB	rgb(232, 164, 152)
HSL	hsl(9, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(9, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 34.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, 23.62, 16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 28.69, 34.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% 0.0719 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.083 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.2234, 45.9770, 35.8235)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A498 #98DCE8

analogous

#E898B4 #E8A498 #E8CC98

triadic

#E8A498 #98E8A4 #A498E8

tetradic

#E8A498 #B4E898 #98DCE8 #CC98E8

square

#E8A498 #B4E898 #98DCE8 #CC98E8

split-complementary

#E8A498 #98E8CC #98B4E8

monochromatic

#D24C34 #DD7866 #E8A498 #F3D0CA #F9E9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#E8A498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#E8A498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A498

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A498	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BA97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 164, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.083 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bfb6',
    500: '#e8a498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a498;
$custom-light: #f1bfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 63.492,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78076,
    "c": 0.08318,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A498

secondary

#DAEDF1

accent

#B1CB1A

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171211

muted

#858180

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A498

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

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