#E9798E#E9798E

#E9798E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.139 H 9.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9798E
RGB	rgb(233, 121, 142)
HSL	hsl(349, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(349, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 39.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, 45.27, 8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 46.09, 10.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% 0.1374 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.139 9.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3266, 32.9557, 29.5599)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9798E #79E9D4

analogous

#E979C6 #E9798E #E99C79

triadic

#E9798E #8EE979 #798EE9

tetradic

#E9798E #C6E979 #79E9D4 #9C79E9

square

#E9798E #C6E979 #79E9D4 #9C79E9

split-complementary

#E9798E #79E99C #79C6E9

monochromatic

#C72140 #E04462 #E9798E #F2AEBA #FAE2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#E9798E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#E9798E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9798E

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9798E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9798E	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA48C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA6D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9798e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 121, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.139 9.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3a2af',
    500: '#e9798e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9798e;
$custom-light: #f3a2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9798e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.75,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7083,
    "c": 0.13922,
    "h": 9.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9798E

secondary

#CFEFE9

accent

#D4AF12

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#170F10

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9798E

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

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