#E9796E#E9796E

#E9796E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.140 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9796E
RGB	rgb(233, 121, 110)
HSL	hsl(5, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(5, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 52.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, 42.15, 25.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 49.46, 31.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% 0.1251 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.14 27)
XYZ	xyz(43.2593, 32.1288, 18.6721)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9796E #6EDEE9

analogous

#E96EA0 #E9796E #E9B76E

triadic

#E9796E #6EE979 #796EE9

tetradic

#E9796E #A0E96E #6EDEE9 #B76EE9

square

#E9796E #A0E96E #6EDEE9 #B76EE9

split-complementary

#E9796E #6EE9B7 #6EA0E9

monochromatic

#C02C1D #E14839 #E9796E #F1AAA3 #F9DBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#E9796E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#E9796E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9796E

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9796E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9796E	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)

#938B6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA36C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD6877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9796e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 121, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.140 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5a297',
    500: '#e9796e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9796e;
$custom-light: #f5a297;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9796e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.366,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70096,
    "c": 0.14041,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.32124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9796E

secondary

#C6E9ED

accent

#C4D610

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#180F0D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9796E

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

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