#E78E77#E78E77

#E78E77 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.114 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78E77
RGB	rgb(231, 142, 119)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(12, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 48.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 31.34, 26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 41.08, 40.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% 0.093 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.114 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9605, 37.6709, 22.2998)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78E77 #77D0E7

analogous

#E77798 #E78E77 #E7C677

triadic

#E78E77 #77E78E #8E77E7

tetradic

#E78E77 #98E777 #77D0E7 #C677E7

square

#E78E77 #98E777 #77D0E7 #C677E7

split-complementary

#E78E77 #77E7C6 #7798E7

monochromatic

#C14322 #DE6343 #E78E77 #F0B9AB #F9E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#E78E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#E78E77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78E77

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78E77	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)

#A39A75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 142, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.114 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b09e',
    500: '#e78e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78e77;
$custom-light: #f2b09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.321,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73404,
    "c": 0.11399,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78E77

secondary

#CCE7EE

accent

#ABD214

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF5F2

border

#D7CFCC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78E77

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

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