#E99591#E99591

#E99591 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.102 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99591
RGB	rgb(233, 149, 145)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(3, 38%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 37.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, 31.14, 15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 34.72, 26.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% 0.0942 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.102 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4647, 40.8667, 32.0654)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99591 #91E5E9

analogous

#E991B9 #E99591 #E9C191

triadic

#E99591 #91E995 #9591E9

tetradic

#E99591 #B9E991 #91E5E9 #C191E9

square

#E99591 #B9E991 #91E5E9 #C191E9

split-complementary

#E99591 #91E9C1 #91B9E9

monochromatic

#D5332B #DF645E #E99591 #F3C6C4 #FAE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#E99591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#E99591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99591

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99591	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 149, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.102 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b5b1',
    500: '#e99591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99591;
$custom-light: #f2b5b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.727,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75395,
    "c": 0.10218,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99591

secondary

#DAF0F1

accent

#C6CF17

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F5

border

#D6D0CF

text

#171110

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99591

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

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