#e78172

Color #e78172

A vivid, highly saturated light red.

Closest named color Light Coral #f08080 · ΔE 7.95 Nearest Tailwind class red-400 #ff6467 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#e78172

RGB

rgb(231, 129, 114)

HSL

hsl(7.7, 70.9%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(7.7, 50.6%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 50.6%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(64.89, 37.67, 25.49)

LCH

lch(64.89, 45.48, 34.08)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.1285, 29.42)

HWB

hwb(7.7, 44.7%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#72d8e7

Analogous

#e7729d

#e78172

#e7bb72

Triadic

#e78172

#72e781

#8172e7

Split-complementary

#e78172

#72e7bb

#729de7

Tetradic

#e78172

#d8e772

#72d8e7

#8172e7

Square

#e78172

#9de772

#72d8e7

#bb72e7

Shades

Color #e78172 mixed toward black.

#df5541

#c43621

#932919

#621b11

#310e08

Tints

Color #e78172 mixed toward white.

#eb9689

#efaba1

#f3c0b8

#f7d5d0

#fbeae7

Tones

Color #e78172 mixed toward gray.

#dd887c

#d38f85

#ca978f

#c09e99

#b6a5a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c376 · ΔE 38.1

Deuteranopia

#c9cf77 · ΔE 41.6

Tritanopia

#e37979 · ΔE 5.1

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 24

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #e78172;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e78172]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Frequently asked questions

#e78172 (#e78172) is rgb(231, 129, 114) in RGB.

No, #e78172 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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