#E9959F#E9959F

#E9959F is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.102 H 12.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9959F
RGB	rgb(233, 149, 159)
HSL	hsl(353, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(353, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 31.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, 32.84, 8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 33.81, 13.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% 0.0996 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.102 12)
XYZ	xyz(50.6114, 41.3254, 38.1051)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9959F #95E9DF

analogous

#E995C9 #E9959F #E9B595

triadic

#E9959F #9FE995 #959FE9

tetradic

#E9959F #C9E995 #95E9DF #B595E9

square

#E9959F #C9E995 #95E9DF #B595E9

split-complementary

#E9959F #95E9B5 #95C9E9

monochromatic

#D43043 #DE6271 #E9959F #F4C8CD #FAE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#E9959F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#E9959F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9959F

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9959F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9959F	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)

#A4A39F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9959f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 149, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.102 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b5bb',
    500: '#e9959f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9959f;
$custom-light: #f2b5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9959f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.857,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75746,
    "c": 0.10185,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.41322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9959F

secondary

#DAF1EE

accent

#CDB818

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FEF6F6

border

#D6D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9959F

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

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