#E79596#E79596

#E79596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.099 H 18.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79596
RGB	rgb(231, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(359, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 35.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 30.98, 12.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 33.36, 21.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% 0.094 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.099 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.2093, 40.6895, 34.1103)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79596 #95E7E6

analogous

#E795BF #E79596 #E7BD95

triadic

#E79596 #96E795 #9596E7

tetradic

#E79596 #BFE795 #95E7E6 #BD95E7

square

#E79596 #BFE795 #95E7E6 #BD95E7

split-complementary

#E79596 #95E7BD #95BFE7

monochromatic

#D03133 #DC6365 #E79596 #F2C7C7 #F9E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#E79596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#E79596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79596

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79596	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F68C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.099 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b5b4',
    500: '#e79596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79596;
$custom-light: #f1b5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.268,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75285,
    "c": 0.09929,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79596

secondary

#DAF1F0

accent

#CBC91B

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FEF6F6

border

#D6D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79596

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

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