#E16169#E16169

#E16169 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.160 H 18.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16169
RGB	rgb(225, 97, 105)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(356, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 53.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, 50.55, 20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 54.64, 22.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% 0.1513 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.16 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8789, 25.5814, 16.3048)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16169 #61E1D9

analogous

#E161A9 #E16169 #E19961

triadic

#E16169 #69E161 #6169E1

tetradic

#E16169 #A9E161 #61E1D9 #9961E1

square

#E16169 #A9E161 #61E1D9 #9961E1

split-complementary

#E16169 #61E199 #61A9E1

monochromatic

#A82028 #D72E38 #E16169 #EB949A #F5C8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#E16169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#E16169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16169

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16169	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7A69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F54C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 97, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.160 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09293',
    500: '#e16169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16169;
$custom-light: #f09293;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65431,
    "c": 0.15989,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16169

secondary

#B8E6E3

accent

#D0C415

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F1

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180D0D

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16169

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

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