#E9796D#E9796D
#E9796D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.141 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9796D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 121, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(6, 74%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(6, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 53.2%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.43, 42.07, 26.40) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.43, 49.67, 32.11°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.08% 0.1247 0.065) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.08% 0.141 27.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(43.2051, 32.1072, 18.3870) |
| Luminance | 0.3210 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Salmon
#FA8072
ΔE00 3.39
Salmon (survey)
#FF796C
ΔE00 3.75
Lightcoral
#F08080
ΔE00 4.64
Salmon Pink
#FE7B7C
ΔE00 5.16
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 5.79
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 6.54
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9796D #6DDDE9
analogous
#E96D9F #E9796D #E9B76D
triadic
#E9796D #6DE979 #796DE9
tetradic
#E9796D #9FE96D #6DDDE9 #B76DE9
square
#E9796D #9FE96D #6DDDE9 #B76DE9
split-complementary
#E9796D #6DE9B7 #6D9FE9
monochromatic
#BF2C1D #E14838 #E9796D #F1AAA2 #F9DBD7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.83
#E9796D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.42
#E9796D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9796D
7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9796D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9796D | 1.00 | 2.83 | 7.42 | 7.42 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.83 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#948B6C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFA36B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD6776
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9796d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 121, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.141 27.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5a297',
500: '#e9796d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9796d; $custom-light: #f5a297; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9796d",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 121,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 5.806,
"s": 73.81,
"l": 67.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70076,
"c": 0.14061,
"h": 27.5
},
"luminance": 0.32103
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9796D
secondary
#C5E9ED
accent
#C3D610
background
#FFFAF9
surface
#FFF4F2
border
#D7CECC
text
#180F0D
muted
#867F7E