#E6A596#E6A596

#E6A596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.081 H 33.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A596
RGB	rgb(230, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(11, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(11, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 34.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, 22.07, 17.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 28.06, 38.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% 0.0672 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.081 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.5949, 45.9385, 34.9977)
Luminance	0.4593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A596 #96D7E6

analogous

#E696AF #E6A596 #E6CD96

triadic

#E6A596 #96E6A5 #A596E6

tetradic

#E6A596 #AFE696 #96D7E6 #CD96E6

square

#E6A596 #AFE696 #96D7E6 #CD96E6

split-complementary

#E6A596 #96E6CD #96AFE6

monochromatic

#CE5033 #DA7B65 #E6A596 #F2CFC7 #F9EAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#E6A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#E6A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A596

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A596	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BA95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.081 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc0b4',
    500: '#e6a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a596;
$custom-light: #efc0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.25,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77994,
    "c": 0.08057,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A596

secondary

#DBECF0

accent

#A9C91C

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171211

muted

#858180

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A596

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

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