#E78B74#E78B74

#E78B74 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.118 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78B74
RGB	rgb(231, 139, 116)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(12, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 49.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, 32.64, 27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 42.53, 39.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% 0.0967 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.118 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3428, 36.7193, 21.2191)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78B74 #74D0E7

analogous

#E77496 #E78B74 #E7C474

triadic

#E78B74 #74E78B #8B74E7

tetradic

#E78B74 #96E774 #74D0E7 #C474E7

square

#E78B74 #96E774 #74D0E7 #C474E7

split-complementary

#E78B74 #74E7C4 #7496E7

monochromatic

#C04121 #DE5F40 #E78B74 #F0B7A8 #F9E2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#E78B74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#E78B74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78B74

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78B74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78B74	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AB73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA7D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 139, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.118 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ae9c',
    500: '#e78b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78b74;
$custom-light: #f2ae9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7284,
    "c": 0.11785,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78B74

secondary

#CAE6ED

accent

#ACD313

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78B74

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

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