#E49596#E49596

#E49596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.096 H 18.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49596
RGB	rgb(228, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(359, 35%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 34.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, 29.86, 11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 32.12, 21.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0906 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.096 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2491, 40.1943, 34.0653)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49596 #95E4E3

analogous

#E495BE #E49596 #E4BC95

triadic

#E49596 #96E495 #9596E4

tetradic

#E49596 #BEE495 #95E4E3 #BC95E4

square

#E49596 #BEE495 #95E4E3 #BC95E4

split-complementary

#E49596 #95E4BC #95BEE4

monochromatic

#CB3436 #D86466 #E49596 #F0C6C6 #F9E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#E49596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#E49596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49596

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49596	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.096 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb5b4',
    500: '#e49596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49596;
$custom-light: #eeb5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.241,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7494,
    "c": 0.09569,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49596

secondary

#DBF0F0

accent

#C7C51E

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49596

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

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