#E8978E#E8978E

#E8978E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.099 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8978E
RGB	rgb(232, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(6, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(6, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 38.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, 29.36, 17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 34.11, 30.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0888 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.099 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.2299, 41.2457, 30.9543)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8978E #8EDFE8

analogous

#E88EB2 #E8978E #E8C48E

triadic

#E8978E #8EE897 #978EE8

tetradic

#E8978E #B2E88E #8EDFE8 #C48EE8

square

#E8978E #B2E88E #8EDFE8 #C48EE8

split-complementary

#E8978E #8EE8C4 #8EB2E8

monochromatic

#D13B2B #DE685B #E8978E #F2C6C1 #FAE8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#E8978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#E8978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8978E

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8978E	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A28D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB28D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.099 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b6af',
    500: '#e8978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8978e;
$custom-light: #f2b6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 66.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75552,
    "c": 0.09924,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8978E

secondary

#DAEFF1

accent

#BCCE17

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8978E

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