#9E4B59#9E4B59

#9E4B59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.111 H 11.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4B59
RGB	rgb(158, 75, 89)
HSL	hsl(350, 36%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(350, 53%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 43.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.80, 35.90, 8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.80, 36.84, 12.94°)
OKLab	oklab(52.08% 0.1088 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(52.08% 0.111 11.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4209, 13.0244, 10.9931)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4B59 #4B9E90

analogous

#9E4B82 #9E4B59 #9E674B

triadic

#9E4B59 #599E4B #4B599E

tetradic

#9E4B59 #829E4B #4B9E90 #674B9E

square

#9E4B59 #829E4B #4B9E90 #674B9E

split-complementary

#9E4B59 #4B9E67 #4B829E

monochromatic

#4B242A #743742 #9E4B59 #BA6D7A #CD969F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#9E4B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#9E4B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4B59

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4B59	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5B59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB4150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 75, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.111 11.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8087',
    500: '#9e4b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4b59;
$custom-light: #be8087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.88,
    "s": 35.622,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52083,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 11.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4B59

secondary

#8BB9B2

accent

#CCB95C

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F8EEEF

border

#D1C9CA

text

#130A0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4B59

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

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