#E79C8E#E79C8E

#E79C8E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.093 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79C8E
RGB	rgb(231, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(9, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(9, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 38.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, 26.32, 18.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 32.32, 35.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% 0.0796 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.093 31)
XYZ	xyz(49.7280, 42.7224, 31.2130)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79C8E #8ED9E7

analogous

#E78EAC #E79C8E #E7C88E

triadic

#E79C8E #8EE79C #9C8EE7

tetradic

#E79C8E #ACE78E #8ED9E7 #C88EE7

square

#E79C8E #ACE78E #8ED9E7 #C88EE7

split-complementary

#E79C8E #8EE7C8 #8EACE7

monochromatic

#CF462C #DC705C #E79C8E #F2C8C0 #FAE9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E79C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#E79C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79C8E

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79C8E	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA68D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB58D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.093 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b9af',
    500: '#e79c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79c8e;
$custom-light: #f1b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.438,
    "s": 64.964,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76312,
    "c": 0.09286,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.42719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79C8E

secondary

#DAEDF1

accent

#B0CD19

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79C8E

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

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