#E8979E#E8979E

#E8979E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.098 H 14.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8979E
RGB	rgb(232, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(355, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(355, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 31.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, 31.29, 9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 32.55, 16.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% 0.0949 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.098 14)
XYZ	xyz(50.5185, 41.7612, 37.7410)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8979E #97E8E1

analogous

#E897C6 #E8979E #E8B997

triadic

#E8979E #9EE897 #979EE8

tetradic

#E8979E #C6E897 #97E8E1 #B997E8

square

#E8979E #C6E897 #97E8E1 #B997E8

split-complementary

#E8979E #97E8B9 #97C6E8

monochromatic

#D23341 #DD656F #E8979E #F3C9CD #F9E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#E8979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#E8979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8979E

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8979E	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A49E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.098 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b6ba',
    500: '#e8979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8979e;
$custom-light: #f1b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.815,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75945,
    "c": 0.09785,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.41758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8979E

secondary

#DAF1EF

accent

#CCBC1A

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FEF6F6

border

#D6D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8979E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →