#E59C8A#E59C8A

#E59C8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.092 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E59C8A
RGB	rgb(229, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(12, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(12, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 39.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, 25.09, 20.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 32.40, 39.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76% 0.0758 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.092 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7910, 42.2734, 29.6296)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E59C8A #8AD3E5

analogous

#E58AA6 #E59C8A #E5CA8A

triadic

#E59C8A #8AE59C #9C8AE5

tetradic

#E59C8A #A6E58A #8AD3E5 #CA8AE5

square

#E59C8A #A6E58A #8AD3E5 #CA8AE5

split-complementary

#E59C8A #8AE5CA #8AA6E5

monochromatic

#C84B2C #DA7258 #E59C8A #F0C6BC #F9EAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#E59C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#E59C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E59C8A

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E59C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E59C8A	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e59c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.092 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efb9ac',
    500: '#e59c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e59c8a;
$custom-light: #efb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e59c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.868,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75998,
    "c": 0.09189,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E59C8A

secondary

#DAECF1

accent

#A8CB1A

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E59C8A

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

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