#E96255#E96255

#E96255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.170 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E96255
RGB	rgb(233, 98, 85)
HSL	hsl(5, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, 51.45, 33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 61.57, 33.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% 0.1502 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.17 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6154, 26.7200, 11.6639)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E96255 #55DCE9

analogous

#E95592 #E96255 #E9AC55

triadic

#E96255 #55E962 #6255E9

tetradic

#E96255 #92E955 #55DCE9 #AC55E9

square

#E96255 #92E955 #55DCE9 #AC55E9

split-complementary

#E96255 #55E9AC #5592E9

monochromatic

#AD2416 #E2301F #E96255 #F0948B #F7C6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#E96255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#E96255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E96255

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E96255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E96255	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e96255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 98, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.170 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f79385',
    500: '#e96255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e96255;
$custom-light: #f79385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e96255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.27,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66373,
    "c": 0.17016,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E96255

secondary

#B2E3E8

accent

#C7D90C

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E96255

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

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