#E87172#E87172

#E87172 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.148 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E87172
RGB	rgb(232, 113, 114)
HSL	hsl(359, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(359, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 50.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, 46.11, 21.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 50.83, 24.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% 0.1379 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.148 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2242, 30.1856, 19.5191)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E87172 #71E8E7

analogous

#E871AD #E87172 #E8AC71

triadic

#E87172 #72E871 #7172E8

tetradic

#E87172 #ADE871 #71E8E7 #AC71E8

square

#E87172 #ADE871 #71E8E7 #AC71E8

split-complementary

#E87172 #71E8AC #71ADE8

monochromatic

#C01F20 #DF3C3E #E87172 #F1A6A6 #F9DADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#E87172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#E87172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E87172

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E87172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E87172	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC5F72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e87172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 113, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.148 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49d9a',
    500: '#e87172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e87172;
$custom-light: #f49d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e87172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.496,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6885,
    "c": 0.14793,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E87172

secondary

#C8EDED

accent

#D4D311

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#180E0E

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E87172

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

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