#E09497#E09497

#E09497 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.092 H 16.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09497
RGB	rgb(224, 148, 151)
HSL	hsl(358, 55%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(358, 34%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 32.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 29.03, 10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 30.79, 19.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% 0.0881 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.092 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9179, 39.2647, 34.3798)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09497 #94E0DD

analogous

#E094BD #E09497 #E0B794

triadic

#E09497 #97E094 #9497E0

tetradic

#E09497 #BDE094 #94E0DD #B794E0

square

#E09497 #BDE094 #94E0DD #B794E0

split-complementary

#E09497 #94E0B7 #94BDE0

monochromatic

#C2383D #D26569 #E09497 #EEC3C5 #F8E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#E09497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#E09497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09497

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09497	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29F97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AE96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 148, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.092 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb4b5',
    500: '#e09497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09497;
$custom-light: #ebb4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.632,
    "s": 55.072,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74336,
    "c": 0.09211,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09497

secondary

#DCEFEF

accent

#C3BC23

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161111

muted

#848080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09497

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

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