#E9A598#E9A598

#E9A598 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.083 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A598
RGB	rgb(233, 165, 152)
HSL	hsl(10, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(10, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 34.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, 23.46, 16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 28.85, 35.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% 0.0714 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.083 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.7286, 46.5043, 35.8986)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A598 #98DCE9

analogous

#E998B3 #E9A598 #E9CE98

triadic

#E9A598 #98E9A5 #A598E9

tetradic

#E9A598 #B3E998 #98DCE9 #CE98E9

square

#E9A598 #B3E998 #98DCE9 #CE98E9

split-complementary

#E9A598 #98E9CE #98B3E9

monochromatic

#D34D33 #DE7966 #E9A598 #F4D1CA #FAE9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#E9A598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#E9A598 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A598

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A598	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 165, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.083 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c0b6',
    500: '#e9a598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a598;
$custom-light: #f2c0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.63,
    "s": 64.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78363,
    "c": 0.08339,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A598

secondary

#DAEDF1

accent

#B0CD19

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FEF7F6

border

#D6D0D0

text

#171211

muted

#858180

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A598

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

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