#E496A2#E496A2

#E496A2 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.095 H 9.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E496A2
RGB	rgb(228, 150, 162)
HSL	hsl(351, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(351, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 28.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, 30.87, 5.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 31.42, 10.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% 0.0936 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.095 9.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4242, 40.9186, 39.4703)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E496A2 #96E4D8

analogous

#E496C9 #E496A2 #E4B196

triadic

#E496A2 #A2E496 #96A2E4

tetradic

#E496A2 #C9E496 #96E4D8 #B196E4

square

#E496A2 #C9E496 #96E4D8 #B196E4

split-complementary

#E496A2 #96E4B1 #96C9E4

monochromatic

#CB354C #D76577 #E496A2 #F1C7CD #F9E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#E496A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#E496A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E496A2

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E496A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E496A2	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A3A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B1A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e496a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 150, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.095 9.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb5bd',
    500: '#e496a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e496a2;
$custom-light: #eeb5bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e496a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75426,
    "c": 0.09489,
    "h": 9.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E496A2

secondary

#DBF0ED

accent

#C7AD1F

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171112

muted

#858081

Preview Lab

Preview with #E496A2

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

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