#E9696E#E9696E

#E9696E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.159 H 19.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9696E
RGB	rgb(233, 105, 110)
HSL	hsl(358, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(358, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.9%, 52.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, 49.98, 21.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 54.52, 23.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% 0.1495 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.159 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4736, 28.5575, 18.0769)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9696E #69E9E4

analogous

#E969AE #E9696E #E9A469

triadic

#E9696E #6EE969 #696EE9

tetradic

#E9696E #AEE969 #69E9E4 #A469E9

square

#E9696E #AEE969 #69E9E4 #A469E9

split-complementary

#E9696E #69E9A4 #69AEE9

monochromatic

#BC1C22 #E1343A #E9696E #F19EA2 #F9D4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#E9696E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#E9696E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E9696E

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9696E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9696E	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87816D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79C6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD556C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9696e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 105, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.159 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f59897',
    500: '#e9696e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9696e;
$custom-light: #f59897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9696e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.656,
    "s": 74.419,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67776,
    "c": 0.15899,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9696E

secondary

#C2ECEA

accent

#D7CF0F

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#180E0D

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9696E

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

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