#E78081#E78081

#E78081 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.127 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78081
RGB	rgb(231, 128, 129)
HSL	hsl(359, 68%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(359, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 44.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 39.62, 17.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 43.18, 23.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% 0.1193 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.127 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6392, 34.0165, 24.9795)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78081 #80E7E6

analogous

#E780B5 #E78081 #E7B280

triadic

#E78081 #81E780 #8081E7

tetradic

#E78081 #B5E780 #80E7E6 #B280E7

square

#E78081 #B5E780 #80E7E6 #B280E7

split-complementary

#E78081 #80E7B2 #80B5E7

monochromatic

#C72627 #DD4D4E #E78081 #F1B3B4 #FAE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#E78081 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#E78081 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78081

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78081	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78081	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)

#969180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA67F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F97381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78081;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 128, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.127 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2a6a5',
    500: '#e78081',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78081;
$custom-light: #f2a6a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78081",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.417,
    "s": 68.212,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71324,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78081

secondary

#D3F0EF

accent

#D0CE15

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#170F0F

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78081

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

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