#E38879#E38879

#E38879 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.115 H 30.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38879
RGB	rgb(227, 136, 121)
HSL	hsl(8, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(8, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 46.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 33.16, 22.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 40.34, 34.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% 0.099 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.115 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9365, 35.3236, 22.5896)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38879 #79D4E3

analogous

#E3799F #E38879 #E3BD79

triadic

#E38879 #79E388 #8879E3

tetradic

#E38879 #9FE379 #79D4E3 #BD79E3

square

#E38879 #9FE379 #79D4E3 #BD79E3

split-complementary

#E38879 #79E3BD #799FE3

monochromatic

#BB3C27 #D85B46 #E38879 #EEB5AC #F8E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#E38879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#E38879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38879

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38879	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F57B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 136, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.115 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efac9f',
    500: '#e38879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38879;
$custom-light: #efac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.491,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71946,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38879

secondary

#CCE7EC

accent

#B4CD18

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FEF4F2

border

#D6CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38879

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

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