#E8978B#E8978B

#E8978B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.100 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8978B
RGB	rgb(232, 151, 139)
HSL	hsl(8, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(8, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 40.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, 29.02, 18.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 34.65, 33.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% 0.0876 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.1 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.0077, 41.1569, 29.7840)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8978B #8BDCE8

analogous

#E88BAD #E8978B #E8C58B

triadic

#E8978B #8BE897 #978BE8

tetradic

#E8978B #ADE88B #8BDCE8 #C58BE8

square

#E8978B #ADE88B #8BDCE8 #C58BE8

split-complementary

#E8978B #8BE8C5 #8BADE8

monochromatic

#CF3F29 #DE6958 #E8978B #F2C5BE #FAE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#E8978B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#E8978B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8978B

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8978B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8978B	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A28A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB28A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8978b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 151, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.100 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b6ad',
    500: '#e8978b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8978b;
$custom-light: #f2b6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8978b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.742,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75484,
    "c": 0.09995,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8978B

secondary

#DAEEF1

accent

#B7CF17

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8978B

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

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