#E38C77#E38C77

#E38C77 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38C77
RGB	rgb(227, 140, 119)
HSL	hsl(12, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(12, 48%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 47.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, 30.85, 25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 39.85, 39.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0918 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.111 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.3890, 36.4229, 22.1417)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38C77 #77CEE3

analogous

#E37798 #E38C77 #E3C277

triadic

#E38C77 #77E38C #8C77E3

tetradic

#E38C77 #98E377 #77CEE3 #C277E3

square

#E38C77 #98E377 #77CEE3 #C277E3

split-complementary

#E38C77 #77E3C2 #7798E3

monochromatic

#B94326 #D96144 #E38C77 #EDB7AA #F8E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#E38C77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#E38C77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38C77

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38C77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38C77	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AA76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F57F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38c77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 140, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efae9e',
    500: '#e38c77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38c77;
$custom-light: #efae9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38c77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.667,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7258,
    "c": 0.1112,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38C77

secondary

#CAE5EC

accent

#AACE18

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FEF4F2

border

#D6CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38C77

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

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