#E59D99#E59D99

#E59D99 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.087 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E59D99
RGB	rgb(229, 157, 153)
HSL	hsl(3, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(3, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 33.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, 26.34, 13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 29.37, 26.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% 0.0801 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.087 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.1215, 43.0752, 35.8052)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E59D99 #99E1E5

analogous

#E599BB #E59D99 #E5C399

triadic

#E59D99 #99E59D #9D99E5

tetradic

#E59D99 #BBE599 #99E1E5 #C399E5

square

#E59D99 #BBE599 #99E1E5 #C399E5

split-complementary

#E59D99 #99E5C3 #99BBE5

monochromatic

#CC3F37 #D96E68 #E59D99 #F1CCCA #F9E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E59D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#E59D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E59D99

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E59D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E59D99	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4959C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e59d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 157, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.087 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbab7',
    500: '#e59d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e59d99;
$custom-light: #efbab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e59d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.158,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76524,
    "c": 0.08688,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E59D99

secondary

#DBEFF0

accent

#BEC71E

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E59D99

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

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