#EE9596#EE9596

#EE9596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.108 H 19.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9596
RGB	rgb(238, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(359, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, 33.58, 13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 36.25, 22.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% 0.1017 0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.108 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5146, 41.8781, 34.2183)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9596 #95EEED

analogous

#EE95C2 #EE9596 #EEC095

triadic

#EE9596 #96EE95 #9596EE

tetradic

#EE9596 #C2EE95 #95EEED #C095EE

square

#EE9596 #C2EE95 #95EEED #C095EE

split-complementary

#EE9596 #95EEC0 #95C2EE

monochromatic

#DD2C2E #E66062 #EE9596 #F6CACA #FBE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EE9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#EE9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9596

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9596	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.108 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b5b4',
    500: '#ee9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9596;
$custom-light: #f6b5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.326,
    "s": 72.358,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76099,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9596

secondary

#D9F2F2

accent

#D4D211

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#171111

muted

#858080

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9596

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

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