#E9999E#E9999E

#E9999E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.096 H 15.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9999E
RGB	rgb(233, 153, 158)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(356, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 32.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, 30.59, 9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 32.13, 17.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% 0.0929 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.096 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1688, 42.5783, 37.8645)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9999E #99E9E4

analogous

#E999C6 #E9999E #E9BC99

triadic

#E9999E #9EE999 #999EE9

tetradic

#E9999E #C6E999 #99E9E4 #BC99E9

square

#E9999E #C6E999 #99E9E4 #BC99E9

split-complementary

#E9999E #99E9BC #99C6E9

monochromatic

#D3343E #DE676E #E9999E #F4CBCE #FAE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#E9999E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#E9999E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9999E

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9999E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9999E	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A59E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB49D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8919B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9999e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 153, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.096 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b8ba',
    500: '#e9999e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9999e;
$custom-light: #f2b8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9999e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76401,
    "c": 0.09636,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9999E

secondary

#DAF1F0

accent

#CCC119

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FEF6F6

border

#D6D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9999E

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

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