#E9959E#E9959E

#E9959E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.102 H 12.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9959E
RGB	rgb(233, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(354, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(354, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 32.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, 32.71, 8.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 33.81, 14.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% 0.0992 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.102 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5250, 41.2908, 37.6499)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9959E #95E9E0

analogous

#E995C8 #E9959E #E9B695

triadic

#E9959E #9EE995 #959EE9

tetradic

#E9959E #C8E995 #95E9E0 #B695E9

square

#E9959E #C8E995 #95E9E0 #B695E9

split-complementary

#E9959E #95E9B6 #95C8E9

monochromatic

#D43041 #DE6270 #E9959E #F4C8CC #FAE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#E9959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#E9959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9959E

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9959E	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A29E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.102 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b5ba',
    500: '#e9959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9959e;
$custom-light: #f2b5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.571,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7572,
    "c": 0.10176,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9959E

secondary

#DAF1EF

accent

#CDBA18

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FEF6F6

border

#D6D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9959E

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

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