#E37979#E37979

#E37979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.132 H 21.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E37979
RGB	rgb(227, 121, 121)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(0, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.7%, 46.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, 40.94, 18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 45.00, 24.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% 0.123 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.132 21)
XYZ	xyz(41.9698, 31.3903, 21.9341)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E37979 #79E3E3

analogous

#E379AE #E37979 #E3AE79

triadic

#E37979 #79E379 #7979E3

tetradic

#E37979 #AEE379 #79E3E3 #AE79E3

square

#E37979 #AEE379 #79E3E3 #AE79E3

split-complementary

#E37979 #79E3AE #79AEE3

monochromatic

#BB2727 #D84646 #E37979 #EEACAC #F8DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#E37979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#E37979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E37979

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E37979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E37979	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908B78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F56B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e37979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 121, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.132 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0a29f',
    500: '#e37979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e37979;
$custom-light: #f0a29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e37979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69529,
    "c": 0.13172,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.31386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E37979

secondary

#CCECEC

accent

#CDCD18

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#170F0E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E37979

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

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