#E9B8A8#E9B8A8

#E9B8A8 is a very light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.061 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9B8A8
RGB	rgb(233, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(15, 60%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(15, 28%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 27.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, 15.39, 14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 21.41, 44.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% 0.0477 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.061 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.8136, 54.4344, 44.4998)
Luminance	0.5443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9B8A8 #A8D9E9

analogous

#E9A8B8 #E9B8A8 #E9D8A8

triadic

#E9B8A8 #A8E9B8 #B8A8E9

tetradic

#E9B8A8 #B8E9A8 #A8D9E9 #D8A8E9

square

#E9B8A8 #B8E9A8 #A8D9E9 #D8A8E9

split-complementary

#E9B8A8 #A8E9D8 #A8B8E9

monochromatic

#D06846 #DD9077 #E9B8A8 #F5E0D9 #F9EBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E9B8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#E9B8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9B8A8

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9B8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9B8A8	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BDA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC7A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9b8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.061 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cdc1',
    500: '#e9b8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9b8a8;
$custom-light: #f1cdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9b8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.769,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82232,
    "c": 0.06129,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9B8A8

secondary

#71B0C5

accent

#9EC71E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFAF9

border

#D6D3D2

text

#171312

muted

#858382

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9B8A8

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

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