#E99489#E99489

#E99489 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.105 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99489
RGB	rgb(233, 148, 137)
HSL	hsl(7, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(7, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.5%, 41.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, 30.77, 19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 36.29, 32.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% 0.0927 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.105 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.7119, 40.3135, 28.8778)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99489 #89DEE9

analogous

#E989AE #E99489 #E9C489

triadic

#E99489 #89E994 #9489E9

tetradic

#E99489 #AEE989 #89DEE9 #C489E9

square

#E99489 #AEE989 #89DEE9 #C489E9

split-complementary

#E99489 #89E9C4 #89AEE9

monochromatic

#D13A27 #DF6555 #E99489 #F3C3BD #FAE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#E99489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#E99489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99489

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99489	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA8991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 148, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.105 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b4ab',
    500: '#e99489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99489;
$custom-light: #f3b4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.875,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7504,
    "c": 0.10482,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99489

secondary

#D9EFF2

accent

#BBD115

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99489

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

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