#E1A596#E1A596

#E1A596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.075 H 34.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1A596
RGB	rgb(225, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(12, 33%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 33.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, 20.16, 16.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 26.05, 39.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% 0.0616 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.075 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.0129, 45.1228, 34.9235)
Luminance	0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1A596 #96D2E1

analogous

#E196AC #E1A596 #E1CA96

triadic

#E1A596 #96E1A5 #A596E1

tetradic

#E1A596 #ACE196 #96D2E1 #CA96E1

square

#E1A596 #ACE196 #96D2E1 #CA96E1

split-complementary

#E1A596 #96E1CA #96ACE1

monochromatic

#C45438 #D37C66 #E1A596 #EFCEC6 #F8EBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E1A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#E1A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1A596

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1A596	1.00	2.09	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.075 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc0b4',
    500: '#e1a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1a596;
$custom-light: #ecc0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77462,
    "c": 0.07476,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1A596

secondary

#DCEBEF

accent

#A3C322

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1A596

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

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