#E09596#E09596

#E09596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.091 H 18.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09596
RGB	rgb(224, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(359, 33%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 33%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 28.36, 11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 30.46, 21.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.0861 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.091 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9945, 39.5474, 34.0065)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09596 #95E0DF

analogous

#E095BB #E09596 #E0B995

triadic

#E09596 #96E095 #9596E0

tetradic

#E09596 #BBE095 #95E0DF #B995E0

square

#E09596 #BBE095 #95E0DF #B995E0

split-complementary

#E09596 #95E0B9 #95BBE0

monochromatic

#C2393B #D26667 #E09596 #EEC4C5 #F8E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#E09596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#E09596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09596

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09596	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AE95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.091 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb5b4',
    500: '#e09596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09596;
$custom-light: #ebb5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.2,
    "s": 54.745,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74484,
    "c": 0.09087,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09596

secondary

#DCEFEF

accent

#C2C023

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161111

muted

#848080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09596

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

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