#E79591#E79591

#E79591 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.100 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79591
RGB	rgb(231, 149, 145)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(3, 37%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 37.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, 30.39, 14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 33.88, 26.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% 0.092 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.1 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.8153, 40.5318, 32.0350)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79591 #91E3E7

analogous

#E791B8 #E79591 #E7C091

triadic

#E79591 #91E795 #9591E7

tetradic

#E79591 #B8E791 #91E3E7 #C091E7

square

#E79591 #B8E791 #91E3E7 #C091E7

split-complementary

#E79591 #91E7C0 #91B8E7

monochromatic

#D0352D #DC655F #E79591 #F2C5C3 #FAE7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#E79591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#E79591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79591

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79591	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B190

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 149, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.100 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b5b1',
    500: '#e79591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79591;
$custom-light: #f1b5b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.791,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75163,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79591

secondary

#DAF0F1

accent

#C4CC1A

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F5

border

#D6D0CF

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79591

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

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