#E97959#E97959

#E97959 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.146 H 36.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E97959
RGB	rgb(233, 121, 89)
HSL	hsl(13, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(13, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, 40.58, 37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 54.95, 42.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.1171 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.146 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2483, 31.7244, 13.3478)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E97959 #59C9E9

analogous

#E95981 #E97959 #E9C159

triadic

#E97959 #59E979 #7959E9

tetradic

#E97959 #81E959 #59C9E9 #C159E9

square

#E97959 #81E959 #59C9E9 #C159E9

split-complementary

#E97959 #59E9C1 #5981E9

monochromatic

#B03917 #E24D23 #E97959 #F0A58F #F7D0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#E97959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#E97959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E97959

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E97959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E97959	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968A56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE6571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e97959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 121, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.146 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6a288',
    500: '#e97959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e97959;
$custom-light: #f6a288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e97959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69732,
    "c": 0.14628,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E97959

secondary

#B5DDE9

accent

#ABD90D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E97959

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

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