#E2959E#E2959E

#E2959E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.093 H 11.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2959E
RGB	rgb(226, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(353, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(353, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 30.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, 30.14, 7.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 31.01, 13.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% 0.0914 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.093 11.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.2845, 40.1355, 37.5449)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2959E #95E2D9

analogous

#E295C4 #E2959E #E2B295

triadic

#E2959E #9EE295 #959EE2

tetradic

#E2959E #C4E295 #95E2D9 #B295E2

square

#E2959E #C4E295 #95E2D9 #B295E2

split-complementary

#E2959E #95E2B2 #95C4E2

monochromatic

#C63647 #D56572 #E2959E #EFC5CA #F8E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#E2959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#E2959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2959E

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2959E	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AF9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.093 11.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb5ba',
    500: '#e2959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2959e;
$custom-light: #edb5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.987,
    "s": 57.037,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7492,
    "c": 0.09345,
    "h": 11.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2959E

secondary

#DBF0ED

accent

#C5B121

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161111

muted

#848080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2959E

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

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