#E98977#E98977

#E98977 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.121 H 31.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E98977
RGB	rgb(233, 137, 119)
HSL	hsl(9, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(9, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 48.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, 34.73, 25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 43.08, 36.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.1033 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.121 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8826, 36.5512, 22.0878)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E98977 #77D7E9

analogous

#E9779E #E98977 #E9C277

triadic

#E98977 #77E989 #8977E9

tetradic

#E98977 #9EE977 #77D7E9 #C277E9

square

#E98977 #9EE977 #77D7E9 #C277E9

split-complementary

#E98977 #77E9C2 #779EE9

monochromatic

#C63A20 #E05B42 #E98977 #F2B7AC #FAE4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#E98977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#E98977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E98977

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E98977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E98977	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AB76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC7A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e98977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 137, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.121 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ac9e',
    500: '#e98977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e98977;
$custom-light: #f4ac9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e98977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72814,
    "c": 0.12113,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E98977

secondary

#CDE9EF

accent

#B5D411

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E98977

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

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