#E8A9AE#E8A9AE

#E8A9AE is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.075 H 13.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A9AE
RGB	rgb(232, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(355, 58%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(355, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 25%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, 23.84, 6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 24.74, 15.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% 0.0725 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.075 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.1076, 48.5907, 46.5125)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A9AE #A9E8E3

analogous

#E8A9CD #E8A9AE #E8C3A9

triadic

#E8A9AE #AEE8A9 #A9AEE8

tetradic

#E8A9AE #CDE8A9 #A9E8E3 #C3A9E8

square

#E8A9AE #CDE8A9 #A9E8E3 #C3A9E8

split-complementary

#E8A9AE #A9E8C3 #A9CDE8

monochromatic

#CE4853 #DB7981 #E8A9AE #F5D9DB #F9E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E8A9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#E8A9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A9AE

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A9AE	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BEAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.075 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c3c6',
    500: '#e8a9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a9ae;
$custom-light: #f0c3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.238,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79527,
    "c": 0.07456,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A9AE

secondary

#DBF0EE

accent

#C5B820

background

#FEFCFC

surface

#FDF8F8

border

#D5D1D1

text

#171213

muted

#858182

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A9AE

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

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