#E48979#E48979

#E48979 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.115 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48979
RGB	rgb(228, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(9, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(9, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 46.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 33.01, 23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 40.50, 35.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% 0.0985 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.115 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3943, 35.7698, 22.6516)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48979 #79D4E4

analogous

#E4799E #E48979 #E4BE79

triadic

#E48979 #79E489 #8979E4

tetradic

#E48979 #9EE479 #79D4E4 #BE79E4

square

#E48979 #9EE479 #79D4E4 #BE79E4

split-complementary

#E48979 #79E4BE #799EE4

monochromatic

#BD3D26 #DA5C46 #E48979 #EEB6AC #F9E3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#E48979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#E48979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48979

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48979	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9677

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F67C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.115 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ac9f',
    500: '#e48979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48979;
$custom-light: #f0ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.972,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72236,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48979

secondary

#CCE8EC

accent

#B3CE17

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FEF4F2

border

#D6CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48979

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

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