#E9959B#E9959B

#E9959B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.102 H 15.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9959B
RGB	rgb(233, 149, 155)
HSL	hsl(356, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(356, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 33.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 32.34, 10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 33.88, 17.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% 0.0981 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.102 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.2699, 41.1888, 36.3065)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9959B #95E9E3

analogous

#E995C5 #E9959B #E9B995

triadic

#E9959B #9BE995 #959BE9

tetradic

#E9959B #C5E995 #95E9E3 #B995E9

square

#E9959B #C5E995 #95E9E3 #B995E9

split-complementary

#E9959B #95E9B9 #95C5E9

monochromatic

#D4303B #DE626B #E9959B #F4C8CB #FAE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#E9959B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#E9959B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9959B

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9959B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9959B	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A29B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B29A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9959b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 149, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.102 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b5b8',
    500: '#e9959b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9959b;
$custom-light: #f2b5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9959b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75642,
    "c": 0.1016,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9959B

secondary

#DAF1F0

accent

#CDC118

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FEF6F6

border

#D6D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9959B

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

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