#E78C8B#E78C8B

#E78C8B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.111 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78C8B
RGB	rgb(231, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(1, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 39.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 34.45, 15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 37.73, 24.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% 0.1041 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.111 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9955, 37.6131, 29.2060)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78C8B #8BE6E7

analogous

#E78BB8 #E78C8B #E7BA8B

triadic

#E78C8B #8BE78C #8C8BE7

tetradic

#E78C8B #B8E78B #8BE6E7 #BA8BE7

square

#E78C8B #B8E78B #8BE6E7 #BA8BE7

split-complementary

#E78C8B #8BE7BA #8BB8E7

monochromatic

#CD2C2A #DD5A58 #E78C8B #F1BEBE #FAE6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#E78C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#E78C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78C8B

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78C8B	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AC89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8818C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.111 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1afac',
    500: '#e78c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78c8b;
$custom-light: #f1afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.652,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.735,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78C8B

secondary

#DAF1F1

accent

#CCCE18

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FEF4F4

border

#D6CECE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78C8B

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

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