#E79599#E79599

#E79599 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.099 H 16.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79599
RGB	rgb(231, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(357, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(357, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 33.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 31.35, 10.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 33.16, 19.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0951 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.099 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4540, 40.7873, 35.3988)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79599 #95E7E3

analogous

#E795C2 #E79599 #E7BA95

triadic

#E79599 #99E795 #9599E7

tetradic

#E79599 #C2E795 #95E7E3 #BA95E7

square

#E79599 #C2E795 #95E7E3 #BA95E7

split-complementary

#E79599 #95E7BA #95C2E7

monochromatic

#D03139 #DC6369 #E79599 #F2C7C9 #F9E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#E79599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#E79599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79599

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79599	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)

#A4A299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F68C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.099 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b5b7',
    500: '#e79599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79599;
$custom-light: #f1b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.073,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7536,
    "c": 0.0992,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79599

secondary

#DAF1F0

accent

#CBC21B

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79599

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

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