#E78985#E78985

#E78985 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78985
RGB	rgb(231, 137, 133)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(2, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.7%, 42.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, 35.37, 17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 39.54, 26.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% 0.1066 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.116 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1367, 36.5777, 26.8161)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78985 #85E3E7

analogous

#E785B2 #E78985 #E7BA85

triadic

#E78985 #85E789 #8985E7

tetradic

#E78985 #B2E785 #85E3E7 #BA85E7

square

#E78985 #B2E785 #85E3E7 #BA85E7

split-complementary

#E78985 #85E7BA #85B2E7

monochromatic

#CA2E28 #DD5852 #E78985 #F1BAB8 #FAE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#E78985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#E78985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78985

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78985	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AA83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 137, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2aca8',
    500: '#e78985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78985;
$custom-light: #f2aca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.449,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72865,
    "c": 0.11567,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78985

secondary

#D7F0F1

accent

#C7CF16

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#17100F

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78985

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

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