#E79E89#E79E89

#E79E89 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.093 H 36.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79E89
RGB	rgb(231, 158, 137)
HSL	hsl(13, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(13, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 40.7%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, 24.69, 21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 33.06, 41.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% 0.0744 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.093 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.6993, 43.2524, 29.3930)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79E89 #89D2E7

analogous

#E789A3 #E79E89 #E7CD89

triadic

#E79E89 #89E79E #9E89E7

tetradic

#E79E89 #A3E789 #89D2E7 #CD89E7

square

#E79E89 #A3E789 #89D2E7 #CD89E7

split-complementary

#E79E89 #89E7CD #89A3E7

monochromatic

#CC4E2A #DD7456 #E79E89 #F1C8BC #FAEAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E79E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#E79E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79E89

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79E89	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 158, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.093 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bbab',
    500: '#e79e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79e89;
$custom-light: #f1bbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.404,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76557,
    "c": 0.09287,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79E89

secondary

#DAECF1

accent

#A5CE17

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#171210

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79E89

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

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