#E78080#E78080

#E78080 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.127 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78080
RGB	rgb(231, 128, 128)
HSL	hsl(0, 68%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(0, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 44.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 39.52, 17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 43.31, 24.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.1189 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.127 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.5731, 33.9900, 24.6312)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78080 #80E7E7

analogous

#E780B3 #E78080 #E7B380

triadic

#E78080 #80E780 #8080E7

tetradic

#E78080 #B3E780 #80E7E7 #B380E7

square

#E78080 #B3E780 #80E7E7 #B380E7

split-complementary

#E78080 #80E7B3 #80B3E7

monochromatic

#C72626 #DD4D4D #E78080 #F1B3B3 #FAE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#E78080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#E78080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78080

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78080	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96917F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA67E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F97381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 128, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.127 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2a6a4',
    500: '#e78080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78080;
$custom-light: #f2a6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 68.212,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71301,
    "c": 0.12717,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78080

secondary

#D3F0F0

accent

#D0D015

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#170F0F

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78080

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

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