#E8979C#E8979C

#E8979C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.098 H 15.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8979C
RGB	rgb(232, 151, 156)
HSL	hsl(356, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(356, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 32.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, 31.03, 10.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 32.62, 17.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% 0.0942 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.098 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.3478, 41.6929, 36.8418)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8979C #97E8E3

analogous

#E897C5 #E8979C #E8BA97

triadic

#E8979C #9CE897 #979CE8

tetradic

#E8979C #C5E897 #97E8E3 #BA97E8

square

#E8979C #C5E897 #97E8E3 #BA97E8

split-complementary

#E8979C #97E8BA #97C5E8

monochromatic

#D2333D #DD656C #E8979C #F3C9CC #F9E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#E8979C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#E8979C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8979C

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8979C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8979C	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A39C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8979c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 151, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.098 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b6b9',
    500: '#e8979c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8979c;
$custom-light: #f1b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8979c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.296,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75893,
    "c": 0.09778,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8979C

secondary

#DAF1EF

accent

#CCC11A

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FEF6F6

border

#D6D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8979C

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

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