#E87979#E87979

#E87979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.138 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E87979
RGB	rgb(232, 121, 121)
HSL	hsl(0, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(0, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 47.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, 42.76, 19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 47.10, 24.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% 0.1283 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.138 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5702, 32.2155, 22.0091)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E87979 #79E8E8

analogous

#E879B1 #E87979 #E8B179

triadic

#E87979 #79E879 #7979E8

tetradic

#E87979 #B1E879 #79E8E8 #B179E8

square

#E87979 #B1E879 #79E8E8 #B179E8

split-complementary

#E87979 #79E8B1 #79B1E8

monochromatic

#C52222 #DF4545 #E87979 #F1ADAD #FAE1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#E87979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#E87979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E87979

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E87979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E87979	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918C78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB6A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e87979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 121, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.138 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3a29f',
    500: '#e87979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e87979;
$custom-light: #f3a29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e87979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7019,
    "c": 0.13758,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E87979

secondary

#CEEFEF

accent

#D3D313

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#180F0E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E87979

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

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