#E8A8A5#E8A8A5

#E8A8A5 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.076 H 22.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A8A5
RGB	rgb(232, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(3, 59%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(3, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 28.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, 23.14, 10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 25.58, 25.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% 0.0706 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.076 22)
XYZ	xyz(54.0741, 47.8808, 41.9837)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A8A5 #A5E5E8

analogous

#E8A5C3 #E8A8A5 #E8CAA5

triadic

#E8A8A5 #A5E8A8 #A8A5E8

tetradic

#E8A8A5 #C3E8A5 #A5E5E8 #CAA5E8

square

#E8A8A5 #C3E8A5 #A5E5E8 #CAA5E8

split-complementary

#E8A8A5 #A5E8CA #A5C3E8

monochromatic

#CF4A44 #DC7974 #E8A8A5 #F4D7D6 #F9E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E8A8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#E8A8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A8A5

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A8A5	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.076 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c2bf',
    500: '#e8a8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a8a5;
$custom-light: #f0c2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.687,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79113,
    "c": 0.07611,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.47878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A8A5

secondary

#DBEFF0

accent

#BFC71F

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F7

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171212

muted

#858181

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A8A5

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

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