#E38D79#E38D79

#E38D79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.110 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38D79
RGB	rgb(227, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(11, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(11, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 46.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, 30.51, 24.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 39.11, 38.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% 0.091 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.11 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.6571, 36.7650, 22.8299)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38D79 #79CFE3

analogous

#E3799A #E38D79 #E3C279

triadic

#E38D79 #79E38D #8D79E3

tetradic

#E38D79 #9AE379 #79CFE3 #C279E3

square

#E38D79 #9AE379 #79CFE3 #C279E3

split-complementary

#E38D79 #79E3C2 #799AE3

monochromatic

#BB4327 #D86246 #E38D79 #EEB8AC #F8E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#E38D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#E38D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38D79

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38D79	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	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)

#A19977

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AA78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F58088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.110 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efaf9f',
    500: '#e38d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38d79;
$custom-light: #efaf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.321,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72791,
    "c": 0.10955,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38D79

secondary

#CCE6EC

accent

#ABCD18

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FEF4F2

border

#D6CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38D79

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

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