#E9656E#E9656E

#E9656E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.164 H 18.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9656E
RGB	rgb(233, 101, 110)
HSL	hsl(356, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(356, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 52.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 51.85, 20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 55.87, 21.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% 0.1553 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.164 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0757, 27.7617, 17.9443)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9656E #65E9E0

analogous

#E965B0 #E9656E #E99E65

triadic

#E9656E #6EE965 #656EE9

tetradic

#E9656E #B0E965 #65E9E0 #9E65E9

square

#E9656E #B0E965 #65E9E0 #9E65E9

split-complementary

#E9656E #65E99E #65B0E9

monochromatic

#B91A25 #E12F3C #E9656E #F19BA0 #F8D0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#E9656E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#E9656E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E9656E

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9656E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9656E	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847F6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD5069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9656e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 101, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.164 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f59597',
    500: '#e9656e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9656e;
$custom-light: #f59597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9656e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.909,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67236,
    "c": 0.16378,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9656E

secondary

#BFEBE8

accent

#D7C90E

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#180E0D

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9656E

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

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