#E9987E#E9987E

#E9987E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.105 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9987E
RGB	rgb(233, 152, 126)
HSL	hsl(15, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(15, 46%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 45.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, 27.50, 26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 38.00, 43.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% 0.082 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.105 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6009, 41.2904, 25.1448)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9987E #7ECFE9

analogous

#E97E9A #E9987E #E9CD7E

triadic

#E9987E #7EE998 #987EE9

tetradic

#E9987E #9AE97E #7ECFE9 #CD7EE9

square

#E9987E #9AE97E #7ECFE9 #CD7EE9

split-complementary

#E9987E #7EE9CD #7E9AE9

monochromatic

#CA4B22 #E06E4A #E9987E #F2C2B2 #FBEAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#E9987E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#E9987E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9987E

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9987E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9987E	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA27C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB37D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9987e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 152, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.105 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b7a3',
    500: '#e9987e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9987e;
$custom-light: #f3b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9987e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.579,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.755,
    "c": 0.1048,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9987E

secondary

#D3E9F0

accent

#A4D313

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#17110F

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9987E

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

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