#E49481#E49481

#E49481 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.101 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49481
RGB	rgb(228, 148, 129)
HSL	hsl(12, 65%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(12, 43%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 43.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 28.00, 22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 35.94, 38.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.084 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.101 34)
XYZ	xyz(46.5496, 39.2625, 25.8914)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49481 #81D1E4

analogous

#E481A0 #E49481 #E4C581

triadic

#E49481 #81E494 #9481E4

tetradic

#E49481 #A0E481 #81D1E4 #C581E4

square

#E49481 #A0E481 #81D1E4 #C581E4

split-complementary

#E49481 #81E4C5 #81A0E4

monochromatic

#C14729 #D9694F #E49481 #EFBFB3 #FAEAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#E49481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#E49481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49481

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49481	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79E7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAF80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5888F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 148, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.101 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efb4a5',
    500: '#e49481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49481;
$custom-light: #efb4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.515,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74282,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.39259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49481

secondary

#D3E9EE

accent

#AACD19

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#17110F

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49481

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

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