#E59C8D#E59C8D

#E59C8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.091 H 32.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E59C8D
RGB	rgb(229, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(10, 63%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(10, 38%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 38.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, 25.43, 18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 31.71, 36.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% 0.077 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.091 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.0112, 42.3615, 30.7893)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E59C8D #8DD6E5

analogous

#E58DAA #E59C8D #E5C88D

triadic

#E59C8D #8DE59C #9C8DE5

tetradic

#E59C8D #AAE58D #8DD6E5 #C88DE5

square

#E59C8D #AAE58D #8DD6E5 #C88DE5

split-complementary

#E59C8D #8DE5C8 #8DAAE5

monochromatic

#CA492E #DA715B #E59C8D #F0C7BF #F9E9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#E59C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#E59C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E59C8D

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E59C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E59C8D	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA58C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB48C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e59c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.091 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efb9ae',
    500: '#e59c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e59c8d;
$custom-light: #efb9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e59c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.227,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76065,
    "c": 0.09083,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E59C8D

secondary

#DAEDF1

accent

#ADCB1B

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E59C8D

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

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