#E59596#E59596

#E59596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.097 H 18.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E59596
RGB	rgb(229, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(359, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, 30.23, 12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 32.53, 21.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% 0.0917 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.097 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5674, 40.3584, 34.0802)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E59596 #95E5E4

analogous

#E595BE #E59596 #E5BC95

triadic

#E59596 #96E595 #9596E5

tetradic

#E59596 #BEE595 #95E5E4 #BC95E5

square

#E59596 #BEE595 #95E5E4 #BC95E5

split-complementary

#E59596 #95E5BC #95BEE5

monochromatic

#CD3335 #D96465 #E59596 #F1C6C7 #F9E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#E59596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#E59596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E59596

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E59596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E59596	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F48C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e59596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.097 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efb5b4',
    500: '#e59596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e59596;
$custom-light: #efb5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e59596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.25,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75054,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E59596

secondary

#DBF0F0

accent

#C8C61D

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E59596

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

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