#E99178#E99178

#E99178 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.113 H 36.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99178
RGB	rgb(233, 145, 120)
HSL	hsl(13, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(13, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 30.63, 27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 41.01, 41.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% 0.0909 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.113 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1226, 38.9346, 22.7990)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99178 #78D0E9

analogous

#E97898 #E99178 #E9CA78

triadic

#E99178 #78E991 #9178E9

tetradic

#E99178 #98E978 #78D0E9 #CA78E9

square

#E99178 #98E978 #78D0E9 #CA78E9

split-complementary

#E99178 #78E9CA #7898E9

monochromatic

#C64520 #E06643 #E99178 #F2BCAD #FAE7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#E99178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#E99178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99178

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99178	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69C76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB838B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 145, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.113 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b29f',
    500: '#e99178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99178;
$custom-light: #f3b29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.274,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74175,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99178

secondary

#CEE8EF

accent

#A9D411

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99178

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

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