#E2A596#E2A596

#E2A596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.076 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2A596
RGB	rgb(226, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(12, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(12, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 33.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, 20.54, 16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 26.45, 39.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% 0.0627 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.076 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3257, 45.2840, 34.9382)
Luminance	0.4528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2A596 #96D3E2

analogous

#E296AD #E2A596 #E2CB96

triadic

#E2A596 #96E2A5 #A596E2

tetradic

#E2A596 #ADE296 #96D3E2 #CB96E2

square

#E2A596 #ADE296 #96D3E2 #CB96E2

split-complementary

#E2A596 #96E2CB #96ADE2

monochromatic

#C75337 #D57C66 #E2A596 #EFCEC6 #F8EAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E2A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#E2A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2A596

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2A596	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.076 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc0b4',
    500: '#e2a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2a596;
$custom-light: #ecc0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.842,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77568,
    "c": 0.07593,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2A596

secondary

#DBECF0

accent

#A4C421

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2A596

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

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