#E16159#E16159

#E16159 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.162 H 26.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16159
RGB	rgb(225, 97, 89)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(4, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, 49.35, 29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 57.54, 30.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.1451 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.162 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1325, 25.2829, 12.3740)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16159 #59D9E1

analogous

#E15995 #E16159 #E1A559

triadic

#E16159 #59E161 #6159E1

tetradic

#E16159 #95E159 #59D9E1 #A559E1

square

#E16159 #95E159 #59D9E1 #A559E1

split-complementary

#E16159 #59E1A5 #5995E1

monochromatic

#A2251D #D63127 #E16159 #EA928D #F4C4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#E16159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#E16159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16159

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16159	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 97, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.162 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19288',
    500: '#e16159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16159;
$custom-light: #f19288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65121,
    "c": 0.16163,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16159

secondary

#B2E1E4

accent

#C6D114

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16159

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

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