#E9837F#E9837F

#E9837F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.126 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9837F
RGB	rgb(233, 131, 127)
HSL	hsl(2, 71%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(2, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 45.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 38.61, 19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 43.26, 26.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% 0.116 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.126 23)
XYZ	xyz(45.5541, 35.0929, 24.4490)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9837F #7FE5E9

analogous

#E97FB0 #E9837F #E9B87F

triadic

#E9837F #7FE983 #837FE9

tetradic

#E9837F #B0E97F #7FE5E9 #B87FE9

square

#E9837F #B0E97F #7FE5E9 #B87FE9

split-complementary

#E9837F #7FE9B8 #7FB0E9

monochromatic

#CB2923 #E0504B #E9837F #F2B6B3 #FBE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#E9837F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#E9837F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9837F

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9837F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9837F	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99937E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB7583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9837f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 131, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.126 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4a8a4',
    500: '#e9837f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9837f;
$custom-light: #f4a8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9837f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.264,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72009,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.35089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9837F

secondary

#D4EFF0

accent

#CBD313

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#17100F

muted

#857F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9837F

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

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