#E78C8F#E78C8F

#E78C8F is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.111 H 18.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78C8F
RGB	rgb(231, 140, 143)
HSL	hsl(358, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(358, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 38.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 34.90, 13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 37.34, 20.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.1057 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.111 18)
XYZ	xyz(47.2932, 37.7321, 30.7735)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78C8F #8CE7E4

analogous

#E78CBC #E78C8F #E7B68C

triadic

#E78C8F #8FE78C #8C8FE7

tetradic

#E78C8F #BCE78C #8CE7E4 #B68CE7

square

#E78C8F #BCE78C #8CE7E4 #B68CE7

split-complementary

#E78C8F #8CE7B6 #8CBCE7

monochromatic

#CE2B30 #DC595E #E78C8F #F2BFC0 #FAE6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#E78C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#E78C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78C8F

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78C8F	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AC8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7828E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 140, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.111 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1afaf',
    500: '#e78c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78c8f;
$custom-light: #f1afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.022,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73597,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.37728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78C8F

secondary

#DAF1F0

accent

#CDC718

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FEF4F4

border

#D6CECE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78C8F

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

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