#E16059#E16059

#E16059 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.163 H 25.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16059
RGB	rgb(225, 96, 89)
HSL	hsl(3, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, 49.82, 29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 57.83, 30.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% 0.1466 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.163 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0407, 25.0992, 12.3433)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16059 #59DAE1

analogous

#E15996 #E16059 #E1A459

triadic

#E16059 #59E160 #6059E1

tetradic

#E16059 #96E159 #59DAE1 #A459E1

square

#E16059 #96E159 #59DAE1 #A459E1

split-complementary

#E16059 #59E1A4 #5996E1

monochromatic

#A2241D #D63027 #E16059 #EA928D #F4C3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#E16059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#E16059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16059

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16059	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 96, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.163 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19188',
    500: '#e16059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16059;
$custom-light: #f19188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.088,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64986,
    "c": 0.16272,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16059

secondary

#B2E2E4

accent

#C8D114

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16059

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

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