#E8A591#E8A591

#E8A591 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.085 H 37.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A591
RGB	rgb(232, 165, 145)
HSL	hsl(14, 65%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(14, 38%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 37.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, 22.25, 20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 30.07, 42.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% 0.0675 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.085 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8466, 46.1138, 32.9526)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A591 #91D4E8

analogous

#E891A9 #E8A591 #E8D191

triadic

#E8A591 #91E8A5 #A591E8

tetradic

#E8A591 #A9E891 #91D4E8 #D191E8

square

#E8A591 #A9E891 #91D4E8 #D191E8

split-complementary

#E8A591 #91E8D1 #91A9E8

monochromatic

#D3522C #DD7C5E #E8A591 #F3CEC4 #FAEAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#E8A591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#E8A591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A591

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A591	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AD8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BA90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 165, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.085 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c0b1',
    500: '#e8a591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a591;
$custom-light: #f1c0b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.793,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78097,
    "c": 0.08487,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A591

secondary

#DAECF1

accent

#A4CD18

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF7F5

border

#D6D0CF

text

#171210

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A591

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

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