#E69279#E69279

#E69279 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.109 H 37.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E69279
RGB	rgb(230, 146, 121)
HSL	hsl(14, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(14, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.5%, 47.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 29.03, 26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 39.31, 42.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.0863 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.109 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3658, 38.7652, 23.1259)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E69279 #79CDE6

analogous

#E67997 #E69279 #E6C879

triadic

#E69279 #79E692 #9279E6

tetradic

#E69279 #97E679 #79CDE6 #C879E6

square

#E69279 #97E679 #79CDE6 #C879E6

split-complementary

#E69279 #79E6C8 #7997E6

monochromatic

#C14824 #DC6845 #E69279 #F0BCAD #F9E6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#E69279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#E69279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E69279

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E69279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E69279	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79D77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8858C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e69279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 146, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.109 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b2a0',
    500: '#e69279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e69279;
$custom-light: #f1b2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e69279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.761,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74008,
    "c": 0.10851,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E69279

secondary

#CDE6EE

accent

#A5D015

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E69279

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

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