#E78A75#E78A75

#E78A75 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.118 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78A75
RGB	rgb(231, 138, 117)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(11, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 49.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 33.26, 26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 42.49, 38.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0987 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.118 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2571, 36.4544, 21.4791)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78A75 #75D2E7

analogous

#E77599 #E78A75 #E7C375

triadic

#E78A75 #75E78A #8A75E7

tetradic

#E78A75 #99E775 #75D2E7 #C375E7

square

#E78A75 #99E775 #75D2E7 #C375E7

split-complementary

#E78A75 #75E7C3 #7599E7

monochromatic

#C03F21 #DE5E41 #E78A75 #F0B6A9 #F9E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#E78A75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#E78A75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78A75

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78A75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78A75	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AA74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA7C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78a75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 138, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.118 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ad9d',
    500: '#e78a75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78a75;
$custom-light: #f2ad9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78a75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.053,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72693,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78A75

secondary

#CBE7ED

accent

#AFD213

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78A75

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

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