#ED8A8A#ED8A8A

#ED8A8A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.121 H 20.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ED8A8A
RGB	rgb(237, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(0, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 41.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 37.61, 16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 41.06, 23.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% 0.1135 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.121 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6036, 38.0208, 28.8188)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ED8A8A #8AEDED

analogous

#ED8ABB #ED8A8A #EDBB8A

triadic

#ED8A8A #8AED8A #8A8AED

tetradic

#ED8A8A #BBED8A #8AEDED #BB8AED

square

#ED8A8A #BBED8A #8AEDED #BB8AED

split-complementary

#ED8A8A #8AEDBB #8ABBED

monochromatic

#DB2222 #E55555 #ED8A8A #F5BFBF #FBE4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ED8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#ED8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ED8A8A

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ED8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ED8A8A	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)

#9F9A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AD88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ed8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.121 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6adac',
    500: '#ed8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ed8a8a;
$custom-light: #f6adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ed8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73883,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ED8A8A

secondary

#D8F3F3

accent

#D5D510

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#181010

muted

#867F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ED8A8A

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

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