#E49C97#E49C97

#E49C97 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.087 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49C97
RGB	rgb(228, 156, 151)
HSL	hsl(4, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(4, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 33.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 26.25, 13.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 29.54, 27.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0798 0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.087 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4709, 42.5086, 34.8715)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49C97 #97DFE4

analogous

#E497B9 #E49C97 #E4C397

triadic

#E49C97 #97E49C #9C97E4

tetradic

#E49C97 #B9E497 #97DFE4 #C397E4

square

#E49C97 #B9E497 #97DFE4 #C397E4

split-complementary

#E49C97 #97E4C3 #97B9E4

monochromatic

#CB3F36 #D76E66 #E49C97 #F1CAC8 #F9E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#E49C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#E49C97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49C97

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49C97	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3949B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 156, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.087 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb9b5',
    500: '#e49c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49c97;
$custom-light: #eeb9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.896,
    "s": 58.779,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76188,
    "c": 0.08714,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49C97

secondary

#DBEFF0

accent

#BCC61F

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49C97

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

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