#E8959E#E8959E

#E8959E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.101 H 12.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8959E
RGB	rgb(232, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(353, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(353, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 31.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, 32.34, 8.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 33.41, 14.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0981 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.101 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1994, 41.1229, 37.6347)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8959E #95E8DF

analogous

#E895C8 #E8959E #E8B695

triadic

#E8959E #9EE895 #959EE8

tetradic

#E8959E #C8E895 #95E8DF #B695E8

square

#E8959E #C8E895 #95E8DF #B695E8

split-complementary

#E8959E #95E8B6 #95C8E8

monochromatic

#D23042 #DD6370 #E8959E #F3C7CC #FAE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#E8959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#E8959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8959E

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8959E	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)

#A4A29E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.101 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b5ba',
    500: '#e8959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8959e;
$custom-light: #f1b5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.494,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75605,
    "c": 0.10057,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8959E

secondary

#DAF1EE

accent

#CCB919

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FEF6F6

border

#D6D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8959E

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

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