#E16157#E16157

#E16157 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.162 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16157
RGB	rgb(225, 97, 87)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 49.22, 30.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 58.00, 31.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% 0.1444 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.162 27)
XYZ	xyz(37.0497, 25.2497, 11.9376)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16157 #57D7E1

analogous

#E15792 #E16157 #E1A657

triadic

#E16157 #57E161 #6157E1

tetradic

#E16157 #92E157 #57D7E1 #A657E1

square

#E16157 #92E157 #57D7E1 #A657E1

split-complementary

#E16157 #57E1A6 #5792E1

monochromatic

#A1261D #D53326 #E16157 #EA928B #F4C3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#E16157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#E16157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16157

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16157	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 97, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.162 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19286',
    500: '#e16157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16157;
$custom-light: #f19286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.348,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65086,
    "c": 0.16198,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.25245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16157

secondary

#B0E0E4

accent

#C4D214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16157

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

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