#FF9599#FF9599

#FF9599 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.128 H 18.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF9599
RGB	rgb(255, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(358, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(358, 42%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.6%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, 40.14, 15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 42.96, 20.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% 0.1213 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.128 18)
XYZ	xyz(57.7401, 45.0599, 35.7873)
Luminance	0.4506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF9599 #95FFFB

analogous

#FF95CE #FF9599 #FFC695

triadic

#FF9599 #99FF95 #9599FF

tetradic

#FF9599 #CEFF95 #95FFFB #C695FF

square

#FF9599 #CEFF95 #95FFFB #C695FF

split-complementary

#FF9599 #95FFC6 #95CEFF

monochromatic

#FF1B23 #FF585E #FF9599 #FFD2D4 #FFE0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#FF9599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#FF9599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF9599

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF9599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF9599	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff9599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.128 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb5b7',
    500: '#ff9599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff9599;
$custom-light: #ffb5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff9599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.736,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78203,
    "c": 0.12758,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.45055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF9599

secondary

#D4F7F6

accent

#E6DD00

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#191111

muted

#878080

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF9599

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

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