#E9979E#E9979E

#E9979E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.099 H 14.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9979E
RGB	rgb(233, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(355, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 32.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, 31.65, 9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 32.96, 16.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% 0.0961 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.099 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8442, 41.9291, 37.7563)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9979E #97E9E2

analogous

#E997C7 #E9979E #E9B997

triadic

#E9979E #9EE997 #979EE9

tetradic

#E9979E #C7E997 #97E9E2 #B997E9

square

#E9979E #C7E997 #97E9E2 #B997E9

split-complementary

#E9979E #97E9B9 #97C7E9

monochromatic

#D43240 #DE646F #E9979E #F4CACD #FAE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E9979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#E9979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9979E

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9979E	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A49E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.099 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b6ba',
    500: '#e9979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9979e;
$custom-light: #f2b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.878,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76059,
    "c": 0.09904,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9979E

secondary

#DAF1EF

accent

#CDBE19

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FEF6F6

border

#D6D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9979E

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

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