#E78A8A#E78A8A

#E78A8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.114 H 20.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78A8A
RGB	rgb(231, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(0, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 40.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 35.39, 15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 38.56, 23.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% 0.1069 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.114 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.6332, 37.0048, 28.7264)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78A8A #8AE7E7

analogous

#E78AB9 #E78A8A #E7B98A

triadic

#E78A8A #8AE78A #8A8AE7

tetradic

#E78A8A #B9E78A #8AE7E7 #B98AE7

square

#E78A8A #B9E78A #8AE7E7 #B98AE7

split-complementary

#E78A8A #8AE7B9 #8AB9E7

monochromatic

#CD2A2A #DD5757 #E78A8A #F1BDBD #FAE6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#E78A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#E78A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78A8A

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78A8A	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AB88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.114 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1adac',
    500: '#e78a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78a8a;
$custom-light: #f1adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73146,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78A8A

secondary

#DAF1F1

accent

#CECE18

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78A8A

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

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