#E99985#E99985

#E99985 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.101 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E99985
RGB	rgb(233, 153, 133)
HSL	hsl(12, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(12, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 42.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 27.69, 22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 35.92, 39.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% 0.0831 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.101 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.2315, 41.8034, 27.6617)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E99985 #85D5E9

analogous

#E985A3 #E99985 #E9CB85

triadic

#E99985 #85E999 #9985E9

tetradic

#E99985 #A3E985 #85D5E9 #CB85E9

square

#E99985 #A3E985 #85D5E9 #CB85E9

split-complementary

#E99985 #85E9CB #85A3E9

monochromatic

#CE4725 #E06E51 #E99985 #F2C4B9 #FAE9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E99985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#E99985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E99985

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E99985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E99985	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA8D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e99985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 153, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.101 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b7a8',
    500: '#e99985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e99985;
$custom-light: #f3b7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e99985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75817,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E99985

secondary

#D8EDF2

accent

#ACD114

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#17110F

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E99985

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

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