#E8A8A9#E8A8A9

#E8A8A9 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.076 H 17.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A8A9
RGB	rgb(232, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(359, 58%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(359, 28%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 27.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, 23.68, 8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 25.28, 20.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% 0.0721 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.076 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.4439, 48.0287, 43.9312)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A8A9 #A8E8E7

analogous

#E8A8C9 #E8A8A9 #E8C7A8

triadic

#E8A8A9 #A9E8A8 #A8A9E8

tetradic

#E8A8A9 #C9E8A8 #A8E8E7 #C7A8E8

square

#E8A8A9 #C9E8A8 #A8E8E7 #C7A8E8

split-complementary

#E8A8A9 #A8E8C7 #A8C9E8

monochromatic

#CE4749 #DB7879 #E8A8A9 #F5D8D9 #F9E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E8A8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#E8A8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A8A9

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A8A9	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.076 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c2c2',
    500: '#e8a8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a8a9;
$custom-light: #f0c2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.063,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79215,
    "c": 0.07578,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A8A9

secondary

#DBF0F0

accent

#C6C320

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F7

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171212

muted

#858181

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A8A9

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

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