#E29596#E29596

#E29596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.093 H 18.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E29596
RGB	rgb(226, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(359, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 33.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 29.11, 11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 31.29, 21.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% 0.0884 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.093 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.6182, 39.8690, 34.0357)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E29596 #95E2E1

analogous

#E295BC #E29596 #E2BA95

triadic

#E29596 #96E295 #9596E2

tetradic

#E29596 #BCE295 #95E2E1 #BA95E2

square

#E29596 #BCE295 #95E2E1 #BA95E2

split-complementary

#E29596 #95E2BA #95BCE2

monochromatic

#C63638 #D56566 #E29596 #EFC5C6 #F8E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#E29596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#E29596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E29596

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E29596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E29596	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AF95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e29596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.093 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb5b4',
    500: '#e29596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e29596;
$custom-light: #edb5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e29596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.221,
    "s": 57.037,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74711,
    "c": 0.09328,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E29596

secondary

#DBF0EF

accent

#C5C221

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E29596

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

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