#E38161#E38161

#E38161 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.129 H 38.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38161
RGB	rgb(227, 129, 97)
HSL	hsl(15, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(15, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 57.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 34.73, 33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 48.41, 44.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% 0.1009 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.129 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6895, 32.8987, 15.4615)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38161 #61C3E3

analogous

#E36182 #E38161 #E3C261

triadic

#E38161 #61E381 #8161E3

tetradic

#E38161 #82E361 #61C3E3 #C261E3

square

#E38161 #82E361 #61C3E3 #C261E3

split-complementary

#E38161 #61E3C2 #6182E3

monochromatic

#AB411E #DA582D #E38161 #ECAA95 #F5D4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#E38161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#E38161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38161

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38161	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 129, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.129 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0a78e',
    500: '#e38161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38161;
$custom-light: #f0a78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.769,
    "s": 69.892,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7034,
    "c": 0.12947,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38161

secondary

#B9DCE7

accent

#A3D214

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#170F0C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38161

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

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