#E59E8A#E59E8A

#E59E8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.090 H 36.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E59E8A
RGB	rgb(229, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(13, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(13, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 39.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, 24.02, 21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 31.99, 41.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.0726 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.09 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1294, 42.9502, 29.7424)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E59E8A #8AD1E5

analogous

#E58AA4 #E59E8A #E5CC8A

triadic

#E59E8A #8AE59E #9E8AE5

tetradic

#E59E8A #A4E58A #8AD1E5 #CC8AE5

square

#E59E8A #A4E58A #8AD1E5 #CC8AE5

split-complementary

#E59E8A #8AE5CC #8AA4E5

monochromatic

#C84F2C #DA7458 #E59E8A #F0C8BC #F9EAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E59E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#E59E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E59E8A

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E59E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E59E8A	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e59e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.090 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbbac',
    500: '#e59e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e59e8a;
$custom-light: #efbbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e59e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.187,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76355,
    "c": 0.09015,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E59E8A

secondary

#DAECF1

accent

#A4CB1A

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#171210

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E59E8A

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

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