#E5959D#E5959D

#E5959D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.097 H 13.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5959D
RGB	rgb(229, 149, 157)
HSL	hsl(354, 61%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(354, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 31.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, 31.11, 8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 32.21, 15.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% 0.0944 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.097 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.1479, 40.5907, 37.1379)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5959D #95E5DD

analogous

#E595C5 #E5959D #E5B595

triadic

#E5959D #9DE595 #959DE5

tetradic

#E5959D #C5E595 #95E5DD #B595E5

square

#E5959D #C5E595 #95E5DD #B595E5

split-complementary

#E5959D #95E5B5 #95C5E5

monochromatic

#CD3342 #D96470 #E5959D #F1C6CA #F9E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#E5959D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#E5959D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5959D

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5959D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5959D	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A29D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B19C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5959d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 149, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.097 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efb5b9',
    500: '#e5959d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5959d;
$custom-light: #efb5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5959d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75234,
    "c": 0.09694,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5959D

secondary

#DBF0EE

accent

#C8B71D

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5959D

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

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