#E2979D#E2979D

#E2979D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.091 H 14.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2979D
RGB	rgb(226, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(355, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 30.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, 28.94, 8.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 30.15, 16.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% 0.0879 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.091 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.5179, 40.7395, 37.1998)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2979D #97E2DC

analogous

#E297C3 #E2979D #E2B797

triadic

#E2979D #9DE297 #979DE2

tetradic

#E2979D #C3E297 #97E2DC #B797E2

square

#E2979D #C3E297 #97E2DC #B797E2

split-complementary

#E2979D #97E2B7 #97C3E2

monochromatic

#C73843 #D56770 #E2979D #EFC7CA #F8E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#E2979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#E2979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2979D

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2979D	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B19C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.091 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb6b9',
    500: '#e2979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2979d;
$custom-light: #edb6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.2,
    "s": 56.391,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7524,
    "c": 0.09063,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2979D

secondary

#DBF0EE

accent

#C4B722

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161111

muted

#848080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2979D

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

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