#E79C8A#E79C8A

#E79C8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.094 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79C8A
RGB	rgb(231, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(12, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(12, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 40.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, 25.86, 20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 33.22, 38.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% 0.078 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.094 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.4330, 42.6044, 29.6597)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79C8A #8AD5E7

analogous

#E78AA7 #E79C8A #E7CB8A

triadic

#E79C8A #8AE79C #9C8AE7

tetradic

#E79C8A #A7E78A #8AD5E7 #CB8AE7

square

#E79C8A #A7E78A #8AD5E7 #CB8AE7

split-complementary

#E79C8A #8AE7CB #8AA7E7

monochromatic

#CD492A #DD7157 #E79C8A #F1C7BD #FAEAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#E79C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#E79C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79C8A

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79C8A	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.094 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b9ac',
    500: '#e79c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79c8a;
$custom-light: #f1b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.613,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76223,
    "c": 0.09422,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79C8A

secondary

#DAEDF1

accent

#ABCE18

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79C8A

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

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