#E79D8D#E79D8D

#E79D8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.092 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79D8D
RGB	rgb(231, 157, 141)
HSL	hsl(11, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(11, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 39%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, 25.67, 19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 32.29, 37.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% 0.0776 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.092 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8217, 43.0295, 30.8756)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79D8D #8DD7E7

analogous

#E78DAA #E79D8D #E7CA8D

triadic

#E79D8D #8DE79D #9D8DE7

tetradic

#E79D8D #AAE78D #8DD7E7 #CA8DE7

square

#E79D8D #AAE78D #8DD7E7 #CA8DE7

split-complementary

#E79D8D #8DE7CA #8DAAE7

monochromatic

#CE482B #DC725A #E79D8D #F2C8C0 #FAE9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E79D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#E79D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79D8D

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79D8D	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA68C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB58C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 157, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.092 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1baae',
    500: '#e79d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79d8d;
$custom-light: #f1baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.667,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76466,
    "c": 0.09222,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79D8D

secondary

#DAEDF1

accent

#ADCD18

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79D8D

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

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