#E6959E#E6959E

#E6959E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.098 H 12.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6959E
RGB	rgb(230, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(353, 62%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(353, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 31.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 31.61, 8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 32.61, 14.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% 0.0959 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.098 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5537, 40.7900, 37.6044)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6959E #95E6DD

analogous

#E695C7 #E6959E #E6B595

triadic

#E6959E #9EE695 #959EE6

tetradic

#E6959E #C7E695 #95E6DD #B595E6

square

#E6959E #C7E695 #95E6DD #B595E6

split-complementary

#E6959E #95E6B5 #95C7E6

monochromatic

#CF3243 #DA6371 #E6959E #F2C7CB #F9E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#E6959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#E6959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6959E

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6959E	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A29E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F58D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.098 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0b5ba',
    500: '#e6959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6959e;
$custom-light: #f0b5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 61.832,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75375,
    "c": 0.0982,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6959E

secondary

#DAF1EE

accent

#CAB61C

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6959E

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

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