#E68979#E68979

#E68979 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.117 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E68979
RGB	rgb(230, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(9, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.4%, 47.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 33.78, 23.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 41.35, 35.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% 0.1008 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.117 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0326, 36.0989, 22.6815)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E68979 #79D6E6

analogous

#E679A0 #E68979 #E6C079

triadic

#E68979 #79E689 #8979E6

tetradic

#E68979 #A0E679 #79D6E6 #C079E6

square

#E68979 #A0E679 #79D6E6 #C079E6

split-complementary

#E68979 #79E6C0 #79A0E6

monochromatic

#C13B24 #DC5C45 #E68979 #F0B6AD #F9E4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#E68979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#E68979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E68979

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E68979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E68979	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9677

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e68979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.117 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ac9f',
    500: '#e68979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e68979;
$custom-light: #f1ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e68979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.807,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72482,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E68979

secondary

#CDE9EE

accent

#B5D015

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E68979

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

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