#E99499#E99499

#E99499 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.103 H 16.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99499
RGB	rgb(233, 148, 153)
HSL	hsl(356, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(356, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.5%, 34.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, 32.62, 10.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 34.37, 18.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% 0.0989 0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.103 16)
XYZ	xyz(49.9458, 40.8071, 35.3768)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99499 #94E9E4

analogous

#E994C3 #E99499 #E9BA94

triadic

#E99499 #99E994 #9499E9

tetradic

#E99499 #C3E994 #94E9E4 #BA94E9

square

#E99499 #C3E994 #94E9E4 #BA94E9

split-complementary

#E99499 #94E9BA #94C3E9

monochromatic

#D42E38 #DF6169 #E99499 #F3C7C9 #FAE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#E99499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#E99499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99499

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99499	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 148, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.103 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b4b7',
    500: '#e99499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99499;
$custom-light: #f2b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75422,
    "c": 0.1029,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.40803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99499

secondary

#DAF1F0

accent

#CEC318

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FEF6F6

border

#D6D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99499

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

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