#E59178#E59178

#E59178 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.109 H 37.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E59178
RGB	rgb(229, 145, 120)
HSL	hsl(14, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(14, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.7%, 47.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, 29.07, 26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 39.37, 42.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% 0.0864 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.109 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8312, 38.2688, 22.7385)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E59178 #78CCE5

analogous

#E57895 #E59178 #E5C778

triadic

#E59178 #78E591 #9178E5

tetradic

#E59178 #95E578 #78CCE5 #C778E5

square

#E59178 #95E578 #78CCE5 #C778E5

split-complementary

#E59178 #78E5C7 #7895E5

monochromatic

#BE4825 #DB6745 #E59178 #EFBBAB #F9E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#E59178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#E59178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E59178

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E59178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E59178	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69C76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7848B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e59178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 145, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.109 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0b29f',
    500: '#e59178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e59178;
$custom-light: #f0b29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e59178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.761,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73697,
    "c": 0.10863,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E59178

secondary

#CCE5ED

accent

#A5D016

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FEF6F2

border

#D6D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E59178

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

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