#E78E99#E78E99

#E78E99 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.109 H 12.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78E99
RGB	rgb(231, 142, 153)
HSL	hsl(353, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(353, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 33.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 35.04, 8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 36.09, 13.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% 0.1063 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.109 12.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3796, 38.6386, 35.0407)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78E99 #8EE7DC

analogous

#E78EC5 #E78E99 #E7AF8E

triadic

#E78E99 #99E78E #8E99E7

tetradic

#E78E99 #C5E78E #8EE7DC #AF8EE7

square

#E78E99 #C5E78E #8EE7DC #AF8EE7

split-complementary

#E78E99 #8EE7AF #8EC5E7

monochromatic

#CF2C40 #DC5C6B #E78E99 #F2C0C7 #FAE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#E78E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#E78E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78E99

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78E99	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AE97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F68592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 142, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.109 12.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b0b7',
    500: '#e78e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78e99;
$custom-light: #f1b0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.584,
    "s": 64.964,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74182,
    "c": 0.10867,
    "h": 12.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78E99

secondary

#DAF1EE

accent

#CDB719

background

#FFFAFB

surface

#FEF5F6

border

#D6CFD0

text

#171011

muted

#857F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78E99

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

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