#E96259#E96259

#E96259 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.169 H 26.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E96259
RGB	rgb(233, 98, 89)
HSL	hsl(4, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(4, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, 51.70, 31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 60.62, 31.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% 0.1516 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.169 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7788, 26.7854, 12.5246)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E96259 #59E0E9

analogous

#E95998 #E96259 #E9AA59

triadic

#E96259 #59E962 #6259E9

tetradic

#E96259 #98E959 #59E0E9 #AA59E9

square

#E96259 #98E959 #59E0E9 #AA59E9

split-complementary

#E96259 #59E9AA #5998E9

monochromatic

#B02117 #E22F23 #E96259 #F0958F #F7C8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#E96259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#E96259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E96259

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E96259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E96259	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e96259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 98, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.169 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f79388',
    500: '#e96259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e96259;
$custom-light: #f79388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e96259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66439,
    "c": 0.16944,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E96259

secondary

#B5E5E9

accent

#CCD90D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E96259

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

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