#E59797#E59797

#E59797 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.094 H 19.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E59797
RGB	rgb(229, 151, 151)
HSL	hsl(0, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(0, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 34.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, 29.29, 12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 31.70, 22.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% 0.0889 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.094 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9674, 41.0291, 34.6125)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E59797 #97E5E5

analogous

#E597BE #E59797 #E5BE97

triadic

#E59797 #97E597 #9797E5

tetradic

#E59797 #BEE597 #97E5E5 #BE97E5

square

#E59797 #BEE597 #97E5E5 #BE97E5

split-complementary

#E59797 #97E5BE #97BEE5

monochromatic

#CD3535 #D96666 #E59797 #F1C8C8 #F9E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#E59797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#E59797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E59797

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E59797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E59797	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F48E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e59797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 151, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.094 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efb6b5',
    500: '#e59797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e59797;
$custom-light: #efb6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e59797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75425,
    "c": 0.09432,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E59797

secondary

#DBF0F0

accent

#C8C81E

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E59797

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

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