#E79499#E79499

#E79499 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.101 H 15.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79499
RGB	rgb(231, 148, 153)
HSL	hsl(356, 63%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(356, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.9%, 33.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 31.88, 10.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 33.56, 18.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% 0.0967 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.101 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2965, 40.4723, 35.3463)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79499 #94E7E2

analogous

#E794C3 #E79499 #E7B994

triadic

#E79499 #99E794 #9499E7

tetradic

#E79499 #C3E794 #94E7E2 #B994E7

square

#E79499 #C3E794 #94E7E2 #B994E7

split-complementary

#E79499 #94E7B9 #94C3E7

monochromatic

#D1303A #DC6269 #E79499 #F2C6C9 #F9E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#E79499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#E79499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79499

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79499	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F68B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 148, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.101 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b4b7',
    500: '#e79499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79499;
$custom-light: #f1b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.386,
    "s": 63.359,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7519,
    "c": 0.10051,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79499

secondary

#DAF1EF

accent

#CBC01A

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FEF6F6

border

#D6D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79499

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

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