#ED8979#ED8979

#ED8979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.125 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ED8979
RGB	rgb(237, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(8, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(8, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.2%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 36.44, 25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 44.30, 34.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.1084 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.125 30)
XYZ	xyz(47.3249, 37.2808, 22.7890)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ED8979 #79DDED

analogous

#ED79A3 #ED8979 #EDC379

triadic

#ED8979 #79ED89 #8979ED

tetradic

#ED8979 #A3ED79 #79DDED #C379ED

square

#ED8979 #A3ED79 #79DDED #C379ED

split-complementary

#ED8979 #79EDC3 #79A3ED

monochromatic

#D0351C #E65943 #ED8979 #F4B9AF #FBE7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#ED8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#ED8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ED8979

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ED8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ED8979	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ed8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.125 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ad9f',
    500: '#ed8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ed8979;
$custom-light: #f7ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ed8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.276,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73353,
    "c": 0.12525,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.37276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ED8979

secondary

#D1EDF1

accent

#BCD90D

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#18100E

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ED8979

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

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