#E9999C#E9999C

#E9999C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.096 H 17.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9999C
RGB	rgb(233, 153, 156)
HSL	hsl(358, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(358, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 33%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 30.34, 10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 32.23, 19.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.0921 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.096 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9980, 42.5100, 36.9652)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9999C #99E9E6

analogous

#E999C4 #E9999C #E9BE99

triadic

#E9999C #9CE999 #999CE9

tetradic

#E9999C #C4E999 #99E9E6 #BE99E9

square

#E9999C #C4E999 #99E9E6 #BE99E9

split-complementary

#E9999C #99E9BE #99C4E9

monochromatic

#D3343A #DE676B #E9999C #F4CBCD #FAE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#E9999C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#E9999C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9999C

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9999C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9999C	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A59C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB49B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8919A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9999c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 153, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.096 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b8b9',
    500: '#e9999c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9999c;
$custom-light: #f2b8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9999c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.75,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7635,
    "c": 0.09637,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9999C

secondary

#DAF1F0

accent

#CCC619

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FEF6F6

border

#D6D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9999C

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

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