#E78C8D#E78C8D

#E78C8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.111 H 19.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78C8D
RGB	rgb(231, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(359, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(359, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 39%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 34.68, 14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 37.52, 22.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.1049 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.111 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1430, 37.6721, 29.9827)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78C8D #8CE7E6

analogous

#E78CBA #E78C8D #E7B98C

triadic

#E78C8D #8DE78C #8C8DE7

tetradic

#E78C8D #BAE78C #8CE7E6 #B98CE7

square

#E78C8D #BAE78C #8CE7E6 #B98CE7

split-complementary

#E78C8D #8CE7B9 #8CBAE7

monochromatic

#CE2B2D #DC595B #E78C8D #F2BFBF #FAE6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#E78C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#E78C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78C8D

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78C8D	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AC8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8818D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.111 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1afae',
    500: '#e78c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78c8d;
$custom-light: #f1afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.341,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73548,
    "c": 0.11118,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78C8D

secondary

#DAF1F1

accent

#CDCB18

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FEF4F4

border

#D6CECE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78C8D

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

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