#E16055#E16055

#E16055 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.163 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16055
RGB	rgb(225, 96, 85)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, 49.56, 31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 58.75, 32.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.1451 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.163 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8773, 25.0339, 11.4827)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16055 #55D6E1

analogous

#E15590 #E16055 #E1A655

triadic

#E16055 #55E160 #6055E1

tetradic

#E16055 #90E155 #55D6E1 #A655E1

square

#E16055 #90E155 #55D6E1 #A655E1

split-complementary

#E16055 #55E1A6 #5590E1

monochromatic

#9F261C #D33325 #E16055 #EA9189 #F3C1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#E16055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#E16055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16055

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16055	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 96, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.163 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19185',
    500: '#e16055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16055;
$custom-light: #f19185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64918,
    "c": 0.16342,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16055

secondary

#AEDFE3

accent

#C3D214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16055

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →