#e59c93

Color #e59c93

A moderately saturated light red.

Closest named color Dark Salmon #e9967a · ΔE 12.16 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#e59c93

RGB

rgb(229, 156, 147)

HSL

hsl(6.6, 61.2%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(6.6, 35.8%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 35.8%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(71.25, 26.14, 15.8)

LCH

lch(71.25, 30.54, 31.15)

OKLCH

oklch(76.2%, 0.0891, 27.11)

HWB

hwb(6.6, 57.6%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#93dce5

Analogous

#e593b3

#e59c93

#e5c593

Triadic

#e59c93

#93e59c

#9c93e5

Split-complementary

#e59c93

#93e5c5

#93b3e5

Tetradic

#e59c93

#dce593

#93dce5

#9c93e5

Square

#e59c93

#b3e593

#93dce5

#c593e5

Shades

Color #e59c93 mixed toward black.

#d96e60

#ca4131

#973124

#652118

#32100c

Tints

Color #e59c93 mixed toward white.

#e9aca5

#eebdb7

#f2cdc9

#f6dedb

#fbeeed

Tones

Color #e59c93 mixed toward gray.

#dea19a

#d7a7a1

#d0aca7

#cab1ae

#c3b7b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cac995 · ΔE 30.5

Deuteranopia

#ced396 · ΔE 33.6

Tritanopia

#e29797 · ΔE 3.5

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 21.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #e59c93;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e59c93]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#e59c93 (#e59c93) is rgb(229, 156, 147) in RGB.

No, #e59c93 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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