#E9978E#E9978E

#E9978E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.100 H 26.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9978E
RGB	rgb(233, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(6, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 39.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, 29.73, 17.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 34.53, 30.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% 0.0899 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.1 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5555, 41.4136, 30.9696)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9978E #8EE0E9

analogous

#E98EB2 #E9978E #E9C48E

triadic

#E9978E #8EE997 #978EE9

tetradic

#E9978E #B2E98E #8EE0E9 #C48EE9

square

#E9978E #B2E98E #8EE0E9 #C48EE9

split-complementary

#E9978E #8EE9C4 #8EB2E9

monochromatic

#D33A29 #DF685B #E9978E #F3C6C1 #FAE7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#E9978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#E9978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9978E

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9978E	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A28D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.100 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b6af',
    500: '#e9978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9978e;
$custom-light: #f2b6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.934,
    "s": 67.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75668,
    "c": 0.10043,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9978E

secondary

#D9EFF2

accent

#BDCF16

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9978E

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

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