#E38579#E38579

#E38579 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.118 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38579
RGB	rgb(227, 133, 121)
HSL	hsl(7, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(7, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.4%, 46.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 34.73, 22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 41.17, 32.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% 0.1039 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.118 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.5198, 34.4904, 22.4508)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38579 #79D7E3

analogous

#E379A2 #E38579 #E3BA79

triadic

#E38579 #79E385 #8579E3

tetradic

#E38579 #A2E379 #79D7E3 #BA79E3

square

#E38579 #A2E379 #79D7E3 #BA79E3

split-complementary

#E38579 #79E3BA #79A2E3

monochromatic

#BB3827 #D85746 #E38579 #EEB3AC #F8E1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#E38579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#E38579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38579

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38579	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F57882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 133, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.118 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efaa9f',
    500: '#e38579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38579;
$custom-light: #efaa9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.792,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71448,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38579

secondary

#CCE8EC

accent

#B9CD18

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FEF4F2

border

#D6CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38579

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

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