#E99491#E99491

#E99491 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.103 H 22.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99491
RGB	rgb(233, 148, 145)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(2, 38%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.5%, 37.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 31.67, 15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 35.06, 25.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% 0.0958 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.103 22)
XYZ	xyz(49.3071, 40.5516, 32.0129)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99491 #91E6E9

analogous

#E991BA #E99491 #E9C091

triadic

#E99491 #91E994 #9491E9

tetradic

#E99491 #BAE991 #91E6E9 #C091E9

square

#E99491 #BAE991 #91E6E9 #C091E9

split-complementary

#E99491 #91E9C0 #91BAE9

monochromatic

#D5312B #DF625E #E99491 #F3C6C4 #FAE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#E99491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#E99491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99491

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99491	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB190

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 148, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.103 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b4b1',
    500: '#e99491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99491;
$custom-light: #f2b4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.045,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75225,
    "c": 0.10337,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.40548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99491

secondary

#DAF1F1

accent

#C8CF17

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F5

border

#D6D0CF

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99491

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

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