#E96C59#E96C59

#E96C59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.159 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E96C59
RGB	rgb(233, 108, 89)
HSL	hsl(8, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(8, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.6%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, 47.00, 33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 57.96, 35.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% 0.137 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.159 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7736, 28.7750, 12.8562)
Luminance	0.2877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E96C59 #59D6E9

analogous

#E9598E #E96C59 #E9B459

triadic

#E96C59 #59E96C #6C59E9

tetradic

#E96C59 #8EE959 #59D6E9 #B459E9

square

#E96C59 #8EE959 #59D6E9 #B459E9

split-complementary

#E96C59 #59E9B4 #598EE9

monochromatic

#B02C17 #E23C23 #E96C59 #F09C8F #F7CCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#E96C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#E96C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E96C59

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E96C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E96C59	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE5568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e96c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 108, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.159 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f69988',
    500: '#e96c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e96c59;
$custom-light: #f69988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e96c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.917,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67806,
    "c": 0.15897,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E96C59

secondary

#B5E2E9

accent

#BED90D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E96C59

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

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