Red
#E2A8A4
#E2A8A4 is a red with low intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.3:1. On white it reaches only 2.0:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#E2A8A4 shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #E2A8A4 kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF4F3
- 100 FFE4E2
- 200 FDCBC8
- 300 E2A8A4
- 400 CA938F
- 500 AE7774
- 600 915D5A
- 700 764644
- 800 5C3230
- 900 43201E
- 950 2A0F0E
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-red-50: #fff4f3; --color-red-100: #ffe4e2; --color-red-200: #fdcbc8; --color-red-300: #e2a8a4; --color-red-400: #ca938f; --color-red-500: #ae7774; --color-red-600: #915d5a; --color-red-700: #764644; --color-red-800: #5c3230; --color-red-900: #43201e; --color-red-950: #2a0f0e;}Is #E2A8A4 readable?
Contrast for text on #E2A8A4 and for #E2A8A4 used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 2.0APCA Lc 44 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 9.3APCA Lc 64 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #9E6966 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.0APCA Lc 39 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 9.3APCA Lc 63 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #E2A8A4
Six palettes built around #E2A8A4, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#E2A8A4 · #DC8B55 · #EF68A0 · #FDDA7D · #322725
- Complementary#E2A8A4 · #0091A4 · #00BECE · #FFCAC4 · #32201E
- Split complementary#E2A8A4 · #11BDA8 · #5EC3FF · #FFC4BE · #2F2625
- Triadic#E2A8A4 · #6DA85D · #89A5FF · #FFE1DE · #261D1B
- Tetradic#E2A8A4 · #95C263 · #00BECA · #D9CFFC · #382A29
- Monochromatic#E2A8A4 · #DF7374 · #FF9695 · #FFE2E1 · #332724
#E2A8A4 as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #E2A8A4 looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF4F3
- Brand 100, #FFE4E2
- Brand 200, #FDCBC8
- Brand 300, #E2A8A4
- Brand 400, #CA938F
- Brand 500, #AE7774
- Brand 600, #915D5A
- Brand 700, #764644
- Brand 800, #5C3230
- Brand 900, #43201E
- Brand 950, #2A0F0E
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAF9
- Neutral 100, #F6F3F3
- Neutral 200, #E8E4E4
- Neutral 300, #D9D2D2
- Neutral 400, #A89E9D
- Neutral 500, #7B706F
- Neutral 600, #5C5151
- Neutral 700, #473E3D
- Neutral 800, #2E2625
- Neutral 900, #1D1615
- Neutral 950, #0F0808
Success
- Success 50, #E7FFE2
- Success 100, #CAFCBF
- Success 200, #B4EBA9
- Success 300, #97D28A
- Success 400, #78B66A
- Success 500, #66A558
- Success 600, #417E33
- Success 700, #2A651C
- Success 800, #174D07
- Success 900, #0A3600
- Success 950, #041F00
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #EAA554
- Warning 400, #D69344
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E1
- Danger 200, #FFCAC5
- Danger 300, #FFA39B
- Danger 400, #F7766E
- Danger 500, #D4524E
- Danger 600, #B93A39
- Danger 700, #9A2023
- Danger 800, #7B0611
- Danger 900, #580008
- Danger 950, #360003
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #70A6EB
- Info 500, #5188CD
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #235693
- Info 800, #103F76
- Info 900, #012A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 9.8:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 9.8:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #E2A8A4
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.