#E48972#E48972

#E48972 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.117 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48972
RGB	rgb(228, 137, 114)
HSL	hsl(12, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(12, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 50%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 32.35, 27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 42.25, 40.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.0958 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.117 35)
XYZ	xyz(43.9806, 35.6042, 20.4724)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48972 #72CDE4

analogous

#E47294 #E48972 #E4C272

triadic

#E48972 #72E489 #8972E4

tetradic

#E48972 #94E472 #72CDE4 #C272E4

square

#E48972 #94E472 #72CDE4 #C272E4

split-complementary

#E48972 #72E4C2 #7294E4

monochromatic

#B84123 #DA5E3F #E48972 #EEB4A5 #F8DFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#E48972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#E48972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48972

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48972	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F67B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 137, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.117 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ac9a',
    500: '#e48972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48972;
$custom-light: #f0ac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.105,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72097,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48972

secondary

#C7E4EB

accent

#AAD016

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48972

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

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