#E3979D#E3979D

#E3979D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.092 H 14.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3979D
RGB	rgb(227, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(355, 58%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(355, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 30.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, 29.31, 8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 30.55, 16.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% 0.089 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.092 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.8325, 40.9017, 37.2146)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3979D #97E3DD

analogous

#E397C3 #E3979D #E3B797

triadic

#E3979D #9DE397 #979DE3

tetradic

#E3979D #C3E397 #97E3DD #B797E3

square

#E3979D #C3E397 #97E3DD #B797E3

split-complementary

#E3979D #97E3B7 #97C3E3

monochromatic

#C93742 #D66770 #E3979D #F0C7CA #F9E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#E3979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#E3979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3979D

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3979D	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B19C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F19099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.092 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb6b9',
    500: '#e3979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3979d;
$custom-light: #edb6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.263,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75352,
    "c": 0.09183,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3979D

secondary

#DBF0EE

accent

#C5B820

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3979D

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

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