#F09596#F09596

#F09596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.110 H 19.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F09596
RGB	rgb(240, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 75%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(359, 38%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 37.5%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, 34.32, 14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 37.08, 22.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% 0.1039 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.11 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.1899, 42.2263, 34.2500)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F09596 #95F0EF

analogous

#F095C4 #F09596 #F0C295

triadic

#F09596 #96F095 #9596F0

tetradic

#F09596 #C4F095 #95F0EF #C295F0

square

#F09596 #C4F095 #95F0EF #C295F0

split-complementary

#F09596 #95F0C2 #95C4F0

monochromatic

#E12A2C #E85F61 #F09596 #F8CBCB #FBE4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#F09596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#F09596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F09596

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F09596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F09596	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB594

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f09596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.110 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b5b4',
    500: '#f09596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f09596;
$custom-light: #f7b5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f09596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.341,
    "s": 75.207,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76335,
    "c": 0.11005,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F09596

secondary

#D8F3F3

accent

#D7D50E

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#181111

muted

#868080

Preview Lab

Preview with #F09596

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

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