#E78D8E#E78D8E

#E78D8E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.110 H 19.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78D8E
RGB	rgb(231, 141, 142)
HSL	hsl(359, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(359, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 38.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 34.26, 14.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 37.05, 22.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.1037 0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.11 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.3645, 37.9955, 30.4252)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78D8E #8DE7E6

analogous

#E78DBB #E78D8E #E7B98D

triadic

#E78D8E #8EE78D #8D8EE7

tetradic

#E78D8E #BBE78D #8DE7E6 #B98DE7

square

#E78D8E #BBE78D #8DE7E6 #B98DE7

split-complementary

#E78D8E #8DE7B9 #8DBBE7

monochromatic

#CE2B2D #DC5A5C #E78D8E #F2C0C0 #FAE6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#E78D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#E78D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78D8E

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78D8E	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AD8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8838E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 141, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.110 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1afaf',
    500: '#e78d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78d8e;
$custom-light: #f1afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.333,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73738,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78D8E

secondary

#DAF1F1

accent

#CDCB18

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FEF5F4

border

#D6CFCE

text

#171010

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78D8E

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

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