#E8CACA#E8CACA

#E8CACA is a very light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.034 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CACA
RGB	rgb(232, 202, 202)
HSL	hsl(0, 39%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(0, 13%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 12.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, 10.52, 3.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 11.22, 20.27°)
OKLab	oklab(86.43% 0.0323 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(86.43% 0.034 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.0594, 63.6627, 64.7266)
Luminance	0.6366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CACA #CAE8E8

analogous

#E8CAD9 #E8CACA #E8D9CA

triadic

#E8CACA #CAE8CA #CACAE8

tetradic

#E8CACA #D9E8CA #CAE8E8 #D9CAE8

square

#E8CACA #D9E8CA #CAE8E8 #D9CAE8

split-complementary

#E8CACA #CAE8D9 #CAD9E8

monochromatic

#C37575 #D59F9F #E8CACA #F6EAEA #F6EAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E8CACA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#E8CACA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CACA

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CACA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CACA	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6D3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8caca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.034 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdada',
    500: '#e8caca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8caca;
$custom-light: #efdada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8caca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 39.474,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86425,
    "c": 0.0339,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CACA

secondary

#94C2C2

accent

#B2B233

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFBFB

border

#D6D4D4

text

#161414

muted

#858383

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CACA

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

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