#E59697#E59697

#E59697 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.096 H 18.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E59697
RGB	rgb(229, 150, 151)
HSL	hsl(359, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(359, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 34.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, 29.83, 11.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 32.08, 21.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% 0.0905 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.096 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8071, 40.7086, 34.5590)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E59697 #96E5E4

analogous

#E596BF #E59697 #E5BD96

triadic

#E59697 #97E596 #9697E5

tetradic

#E59697 #BFE596 #96E5E4 #BD96E5

square

#E59697 #BFE596 #96E5E4 #BD96E5

split-complementary

#E59697 #96E5BD #96BFE5

monochromatic

#CD3436 #D96566 #E59697 #F1C7C8 #F9E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#E59697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#E59697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E59697

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E59697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E59697	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F48D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e59697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 150, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.096 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efb5b5',
    500: '#e59697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e59697;
$custom-light: #efb5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e59697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.241,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75252,
    "c": 0.09557,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E59697

secondary

#DBF0F0

accent

#C8C61E

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E59697

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

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