#E48E79#E48E79

#E48E79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.110 H 34.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48E79
RGB	rgb(228, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(12, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(12, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 46.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, 30.37, 24.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 39.30, 39.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% 0.0905 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.11 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.1216, 37.2243, 22.8941)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48E79 #79CFE4

analogous

#E47999 #E48E79 #E4C379

triadic

#E48E79 #79E48E #8E79E4

tetradic

#E48E79 #99E479 #79CFE4 #C379E4

square

#E48E79 #99E479 #79CFE4 #C379E4

split-complementary

#E48E79 #79E4C3 #7999E4

monochromatic

#BD4426 #DA6346 #E48E79 #EEB9AC #F9E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#E48E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#E48E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48E79

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48E79	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29977

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F68189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.110 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0b0a0',
    500: '#e48e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48e79;
$custom-light: #f0b0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.776,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73082,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48E79

secondary

#CCE6EC

accent

#AACE17

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FEF5F2

border

#D6CFCC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48E79

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

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