#E99596#E99596

#E99596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.102 H 19.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99596
RGB	rgb(233, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(359, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 35.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, 31.73, 12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 34.19, 21.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% 0.0962 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.102 19)
XYZ	xyz(49.8587, 41.0243, 34.1407)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99596 #95E9E8

analogous

#E995C0 #E99596 #E9BE95

triadic

#E99596 #96E995 #9596E9

tetradic

#E99596 #C0E995 #95E9E8 #BE95E9

square

#E99596 #C0E995 #95E9E8 #BE95E9

split-complementary

#E99596 #95E9BE #95C0E9

monochromatic

#D43032 #DE6264 #E99596 #F4C8C8 #FAE6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#E99596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#E99596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99596

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99596	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.102 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b5b4',
    500: '#e99596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99596;
$custom-light: #f2b5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.286,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75516,
    "c": 0.10169,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.41021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99596

secondary

#DAF1F1

accent

#CDCB18

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FEF6F6

border

#D6D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99596

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

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