#E4979B#E4979B

#E4979B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.093 H 16.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4979B
RGB	rgb(228, 151, 155)
HSL	hsl(357, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(357, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 32%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 29.42, 9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 31.03, 18.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% 0.0893 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.093 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.9795, 40.9971, 36.3375)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4979B #97E4E0

analogous

#E497C2 #E4979B #E4BA97

triadic

#E4979B #9BE497 #979BE4

tetradic

#E4979B #C2E497 #97E4E0 #BA97E4

square

#E4979B #C2E497 #97E4E0 #BA97E4

split-complementary

#E4979B #97E4BA #97C2E4

monochromatic

#CB363E #D7666C #E4979B #F1C8CA #F9E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#E4979B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#E4979B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4979B

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4979B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4979B	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4979b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 151, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.093 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb6b8',
    500: '#e4979b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4979b;
$custom-light: #eeb6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4979b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.883,
    "s": 58.779,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75413,
    "c": 0.09298,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4979B

secondary

#DBF0EF

accent

#C6BE1F

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4979B

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

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