#ED9999#ED9999

#ED9999 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.101 H 19.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ED9999
RGB	rgb(237, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(0, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.4%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, 31.46, 13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 34.10, 22.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% 0.0954 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.101 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0681, 43.0908, 35.7058)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ED9999 #99EDED

analogous

#ED99C3 #ED9999 #EDC399

triadic

#ED9999 #99ED99 #9999ED

tetradic

#ED9999 #C3ED99 #99EDED #C399ED

square

#ED9999 #C3ED99 #99EDED #C399ED

split-complementary

#ED9999 #99EDC3 #99C3ED

monochromatic

#DB3131 #E46565 #ED9999 #F6CDCD #FAE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#ED9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#ED9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ED9999

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ED9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ED9999	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD909A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ed9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.101 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b8b7',
    500: '#ed9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ed9999;
$custom-light: #f5b8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ed9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76732,
    "c": 0.10128,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ED9999

secondary

#D9F2F2

accent

#D2D214

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #ED9999

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

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