#E78686#E78686

#E78686 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.119 H 20.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78686
RGB	rgb(231, 134, 134)
HSL	hsl(0, 67%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(0, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 42%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 37.04, 16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 40.45, 23.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% 0.1117 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.119 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7856, 35.7644, 27.0415)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78686 #86E7E7

analogous

#E786B7 #E78686 #E7B786

triadic

#E78686 #86E786 #8686E7

tetradic

#E78686 #B7E786 #86E7E7 #B786E7

square

#E78686 #B7E786 #86E7E7 #B786E7

split-complementary

#E78686 #86E7B7 #86B7E7

monochromatic

#CA2828 #DD5353 #E78686 #F1B9B9 #FAE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#E78686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#E78686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78686

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78686	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 134, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.119 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2aaa9',
    500: '#e78686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78686;
$custom-light: #f2aaa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 66.897,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72399,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78686

secondary

#D8F1F1

accent

#CFCF17

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#17100F

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78686

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

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