#E5BBBB#E5BBBB

#E5BBBB is a very light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.048 H 18.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BBBB
RGB	rgb(229, 187, 187)
HSL	hsl(0, 45%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(0, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 18.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, 15.04, 5.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 16.08, 20.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% 0.046 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.048 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.0532, 55.7886, 54.6617)
Luminance	0.5579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BBBB #BBE5E5

analogous

#E5BBD0 #E5BBBB #E5D0BB

triadic

#E5BBBB #BBE5BB #BBBBE5

tetradic

#E5BBBB #D0E5BB #BBE5E5 #D0BBE5

square

#E5BBBB #D0E5BB #BBE5E5 #D0BBE5

split-complementary

#E5BBBB #BBE5D0 #BBD0E5

monochromatic

#C36262 #D48F8F #E5BBBB #F6E7E7 #F7E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E5BBBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#E5BBBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BBBB

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BBBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BBBB	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5bbbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 187, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.048 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edcfcf',
    500: '#e5bbbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5bbbb;
$custom-light: #edcfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5bbbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82893,
    "c": 0.04845,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BBBB

secondary

#85BFBF

accent

#B8B82E

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFBFB

border

#D6D4D4

text

#161313

muted

#858383

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BBBB

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

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