#E78786#E78786

#E78786 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.118 H 21.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78786
RGB	rgb(231, 135, 134)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(1, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.6%, 42%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 36.52, 16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 40.09, 24.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% 0.1101 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.118 21)
XYZ	xyz(45.9245, 36.0422, 27.0878)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78786 #86E6E7

analogous

#E786B6 #E78786 #E7B886

triadic

#E78786 #86E787 #8786E7

tetradic

#E78786 #B6E786 #86E6E7 #B886E7

square

#E78786 #B6E786 #86E6E7 #B886E7

split-complementary

#E78786 #86E7B8 #86B6E7

monochromatic

#CA2A28 #DD5453 #E78786 #F1BAB9 #FAE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#E78786 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#E78786 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78786

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78786	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78786	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78786;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 135, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.118 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2aba9',
    500: '#e78786',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78786;
$custom-light: #f2aba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78786",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.619,
    "s": 66.897,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72561,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.36038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78786

secondary

#D8F1F1

accent

#CDCF17

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#17100F

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78786

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

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