#EA8979#EA8979

#EA8979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.122 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EA8979
RGB	rgb(234, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(8, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 48.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, 35.30, 24.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 43.04, 34.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.1052 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.122 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3314, 36.7685, 22.7424)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EA8979 #79DAEA

analogous

#EA79A1 #EA8979 #EAC279

triadic

#EA8979 #79EA89 #8979EA

tetradic

#EA8979 #A1EA79 #79DAEA #C279EA

square

#EA8979 #A1EA79 #79DAEA #C279EA

split-complementary

#EA8979 #79EAC2 #79A1EA

monochromatic

#C93820 #E25A44 #EA8979 #F2B8AE #FBE6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#EA8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#EA8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EA8979

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EA8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EA8979	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09777

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD7B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ea8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.122 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ac9f',
    500: '#ea8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ea8979;
$custom-light: #f4ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ea8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.496,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72978,
    "c": 0.12174,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EA8979

secondary

#CFEBF0

accent

#B9D511

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EA8979

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

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