#E78B8A#E78B8A

#E78B8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.113 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78B8A
RGB	rgb(231, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(1, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 40.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, 34.86, 15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 38.20, 24.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% 0.1053 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.113 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.7774, 37.2931, 28.7745)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78B8A #8AE6E7

analogous

#E78AB8 #E78B8A #E7B98A

triadic

#E78B8A #8AE78B #8B8AE7

tetradic

#E78B8A #B8E78A #8AE6E7 #B98AE7

square

#E78B8A #B8E78A #8AE6E7 #B98AE7

split-complementary

#E78B8A #8AE7B9 #8AB8E7

monochromatic

#CD2C2A #DD5957 #E78B8A #F1BDBD #FAE6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#E78B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#E78B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78B8A

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78B8A	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AB88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8808B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.113 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1aeac',
    500: '#e78b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78b8a;
$custom-light: #f1aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.645,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73311,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78B8A

secondary

#DAF1F1

accent

#CCCE18

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FEF4F4

border

#D6CECE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78B8A

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

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