#E1979C#E1979C

#E1979C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.089 H 15.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1979C
RGB	rgb(225, 151, 156)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(356, 33%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 30.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 28.44, 8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 29.77, 17.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% 0.0864 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.089 15)
XYZ	xyz(48.1201, 40.5442, 36.7374)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1979C #97E1DC

analogous

#E197C1 #E1979C #E1B797

triadic

#E1979C #9CE197 #979CE1

tetradic

#E1979C #C1E197 #97E1DC #B797E1

square

#E1979C #C1E197 #97E1DC #B797E1

split-complementary

#E1979C #97E1B7 #97C1E1

monochromatic

#C53942 #D3676F #E1979C #EFC6C9 #F8E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#E1979C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#E1979C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1979C

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1979C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1979C	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A29C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1979c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 151, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.089 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb6b9',
    500: '#e1979c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1979c;
$custom-light: #ecb6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1979c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.946,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75101,
    "c": 0.08939,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.40541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1979C

secondary

#DCEFEE

accent

#C3B823

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161111

muted

#848080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1979C

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

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