#E79277#E79277

#E79277 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.110 H 38.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79277
RGB	rgb(231, 146, 119)
HSL	hsl(14, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(14, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 48.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, 29.23, 27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 40.29, 43.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% 0.0866 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.11 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5663, 38.8826, 22.5018)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79277 #77CCE7

analogous

#E77794 #E79277 #E7CA77

triadic

#E79277 #77E792 #9277E7

tetradic

#E79277 #94E777 #77CCE7 #CA77E7

square

#E79277 #94E777 #77CCE7 #CA77E7

split-complementary

#E79277 #77E7CA #7794E7

monochromatic

#C14922 #DE6843 #E79277 #F0BCAB #F9E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#E79277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#E79277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79277

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79277	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9848B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 146, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.110 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b29e',
    500: '#e79277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79277;
$custom-light: #f2b29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.464,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74088,
    "c": 0.11049,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79277

secondary

#CCE6EE

accent

#A4D214

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79277

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

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