#E38E72#E38E72

#E38E72 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.111 H 39.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38E72
RGB	rgb(227, 142, 114)
HSL	hsl(15, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(15, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 49.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 29.32, 28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 40.85, 44.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% 0.0866 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.111 39)
XYZ	xyz(44.3915, 36.8957, 20.7000)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38E72 #72C7E3

analogous

#E3728F #E38E72 #E3C672

triadic

#E38E72 #72E38E #8E72E3

tetradic

#E38E72 #8FE372 #72C7E3 #C672E3

square

#E38E72 #8FE372 #72C7E3 #C672E3

split-complementary

#E38E72 #72E3C6 #728FE3

monochromatic

#B64824 #D9653F #E38E72 #EDB7A5 #F7E0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#E38E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#E38E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38E72

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38E72	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AB71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F58087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 142, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.111 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efb09b',
    500: '#e38e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38e72;
$custom-light: #efb09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.867,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72826,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.36892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38E72

secondary

#C6E2EA

accent

#A1CF17

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FEF4F2

border

#D6CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38E72

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

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