#E79C8B#E79C8B

#E79C8B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.094 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79C8B
RGB	rgb(231, 156, 139)
HSL	hsl(11, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(11, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 39.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, 25.98, 20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 32.98, 38.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.0784 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.094 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5058, 42.6335, 30.0428)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79C8B #8BD6E7

analogous

#E78BA8 #E79C8B #E7CA8B

triadic

#E79C8B #8BE79C #9C8BE7

tetradic

#E79C8B #A8E78B #8BD6E7 #CA8BE7

square

#E79C8B #A8E78B #8BD6E7 #CA8BE7

split-complementary

#E79C8B #8BE7CA #8BA8E7

monochromatic

#CD492A #DD7158 #E79C8B #F1C7BE #FAE9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E79C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#E79C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79C8B

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79C8B	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA58A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB58A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.094 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b9ad',
    500: '#e79c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79c8b;
$custom-light: #f1b9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.087,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76245,
    "c": 0.09385,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79C8B

secondary

#DAEDF1

accent

#ACCE18

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79C8B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →