#E16161#E16161

#E16161 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.161 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16161
RGB	rgb(225, 97, 97)
HSL	hsl(0, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, 49.92, 25.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 55.91, 26.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% 0.1482 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.161 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4869, 25.4246, 14.2403)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16161 #61E1E1

analogous

#E161A1 #E16161 #E1A161

triadic

#E16161 #61E161 #6161E1

tetradic

#E16161 #A1E161 #61E1E1 #A161E1

square

#E16161 #A1E161 #61E1E1 #A161E1

split-complementary

#E16161 #61E1A1 #61A1E1

monochromatic

#A82020 #D72E2E #E16161 #EB9494 #F5C8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#E16161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#E16161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16161

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16161	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0945E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F54B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 97, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.161 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0928e',
    500: '#e16161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16161;
$custom-light: #f0928e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65268,
    "c": 0.16052,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16161

secondary

#B8E6E6

accent

#D0D015

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16161

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

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