#E59488#E59488

#E59488 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.100 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E59488
RGB	rgb(229, 148, 136)
HSL	hsl(8, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(8, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.4%, 40.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 29.13, 19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 34.81, 33.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.0879 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.1 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3491, 39.6191, 28.4412)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E59488 #88D9E5

analogous

#E588AB #E59488 #E5C388

triadic

#E59488 #88E594 #9488E5

tetradic

#E59488 #ABE588 #88D9E5 #C388E5

square

#E59488 #ABE588 #88D9E5 #C388E5

split-complementary

#E59488 #88E5C3 #88ABE5

monochromatic

#C7402C #DA6756 #E59488 #F0C1BA #FAE8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#E59488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#E59488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E59488

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E59488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E59488	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69F87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AF87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F58991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e59488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 148, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.100 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0b4aa',
    500: '#e59488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e59488;
$custom-light: #f0b4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e59488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.742,
    "s": 64.138,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7455,
    "c": 0.10031,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E59488

secondary

#D8EDF0

accent

#B5CC1A

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E59488

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

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