#E8959D#E8959D

#E8959D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.101 H 13.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8959D
RGB	rgb(232, 149, 157)
HSL	hsl(354, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(354, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 32.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, 32.22, 8.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 33.42, 15.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% 0.0977 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.101 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1137, 41.0886, 37.1832)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8959D #95E8E0

analogous

#E895C7 #E8959D #E8B795

triadic

#E8959D #9DE895 #959DE8

tetradic

#E8959D #C7E895 #95E8E0 #B795E8

square

#E8959D #C7E895 #95E8E0 #B795E8

split-complementary

#E8959D #95E8B7 #95C7E8

monochromatic

#D23040 #DD636F #E8959D #F3C7CB #FAE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#E8959D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#E8959D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8959D

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8959D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8959D	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A29D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8959d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 149, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.101 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b5b9',
    500: '#e8959d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8959d;
$custom-light: #f1b5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8959d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.217,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75578,
    "c": 0.1005,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8959D

secondary

#DAF1EF

accent

#CCBB19

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FEF6F6

border

#D6D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8959D

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

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