#E5BCBC#E5BCBC

#E5BCBC is a very light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.047 H 18.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BCBC
RGB	rgb(229, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(0, 44%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(0, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 17.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, 14.66, 5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 15.67, 20.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% 0.0449 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.047 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.3735, 56.2573, 55.2984)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BCBC #BCE5E5

analogous

#E5BCD1 #E5BCBC #E5D1BC

triadic

#E5BCBC #BCE5BC #BCBCE5

tetradic

#E5BCBC #D1E5BC #BCE5E5 #D1BCE5

square

#E5BCBC #D1E5BC #BCE5E5 #D1BCE5

split-complementary

#E5BCBC #BCE5D1 #BCD1E5

monochromatic

#C36464 #D49090 #E5BCBC #F6E8E8 #F6E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E5BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#E5BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BCBC

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BCBC	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.047 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd0d0',
    500: '#e5bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5bcbc;
$custom-light: #edd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83109,
    "c": 0.04723,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BCBC

secondary

#86BFBF

accent

#B7B72E

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFBFB

border

#D6D4D4

text

#161414

muted

#858383

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BCBC

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

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