#E9838D#E9838D

#E9838D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.125 H 14.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9838D
RGB	rgb(233, 131, 141)
HSL	hsl(354, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(354, 44%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 39.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, 40.09, 12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 41.86, 16.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% 0.1214 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.125 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5307, 35.4835, 29.5926)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9838D #83E9DF

analogous

#E983C0 #E9838D #E9AC83

triadic

#E9838D #8DE983 #838DE9

tetradic

#E9838D #C0E983 #83E9DF #AC83E9

square

#E9838D #C0E983 #83E9DF #AC83E9

split-complementary

#E9838D #83E9AC #83C0E9

monochromatic

#CD2435 #E04F5D #E9838D #F2B7BD #FAE5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#E9838D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#E9838D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9838D

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9838D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9838D	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A88B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA7887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9838d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 131, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.125 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3a9ae',
    500: '#e9838d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9838d;
$custom-light: #f3a9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9838d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.118,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72339,
    "c": 0.12532,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9838D

secondary

#D7F1EF

accent

#D2BF14

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9838D

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

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