#E38D78#E38D78

#E38D78 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.110 H 34.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38D78
RGB	rgb(227, 141, 120)
HSL	hsl(12, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(12, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 47.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, 30.42, 24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 39.36, 39.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0906 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.11 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5961, 36.7406, 22.5086)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38D78 #78CEE3

analogous

#E37898 #E38D78 #E3C378

triadic

#E38D78 #78E38D #8D78E3

tetradic

#E38D78 #98E378 #78CEE3 #C378E3

square

#E38D78 #98E378 #78CEE3 #C378E3

split-complementary

#E38D78 #78E3C3 #7898E3

monochromatic

#BA4427 #D86245 #E38D78 #EEB8AB #F8E3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#E38D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#E38D78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38D78

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38D78	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AA77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F58088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 141, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.110 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efaf9f',
    500: '#e38d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38d78;
$custom-light: #efaf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.776,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72771,
    "c": 0.1099,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38D78

secondary

#CBE5EC

accent

#AACD18

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FEF4F2

border

#D6CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38D78

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

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