#E98C8D#E98C8D

#E98C8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.114 H 19.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E98C8D
RGB	rgb(233, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(359, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(359, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 39.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 35.42, 14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 38.35, 22.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.1071 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.114 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7924, 38.0069, 30.0131)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E98C8D #8CE9E8

analogous

#E98CBB #E98C8D #E9B98C

triadic

#E98C8D #8DE98C #8C8DE9

tetradic

#E98C8D #BBE98C #8CE9E8 #B98CE9

square

#E98C8D #BBE98C #8CE9E8 #B98CE9

split-complementary

#E98C8D #8CE9B9 #8CBBE9

monochromatic

#D2282A #DF595A #E98C8D #F3BFC0 #FAE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#E98C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#E98C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E98C8D

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E98C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E98C8D	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AD8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA818D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e98c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.114 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3afae',
    500: '#e98c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e98c8d;
$custom-light: #f3afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e98c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.355,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7379,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E98C8D

secondary

#D9F2F1

accent

#D0CE16

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E98C8D

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

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