#E16172#E16172

#E16172 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.160 H 14.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16172
RGB	rgb(225, 97, 114)
HSL	hsl(352, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(352, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 49.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 51.31, 15.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 53.68, 17.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% 0.1548 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.16 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3662, 25.7763, 18.8712)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16172 #61E1D0

analogous

#E161B2 #E16172 #E19061

triadic

#E16172 #72E161 #6172E1

tetradic

#E16172 #B2E161 #61E1D0 #9061E1

square

#E16172 #B2E161 #61E1D0 #9061E1

split-complementary

#E16172 #61E190 #61B2E1

monochromatic

#A82032 #D72E44 #E16172 #EB94A0 #F5C8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#E16172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#E16172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16172

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16172	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7B72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E956F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F44E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 97, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.160 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef929a',
    500: '#e16172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16172;
$custom-light: #ef929a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.031,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65632,
    "c": 0.15988,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16172

secondary

#B8E6E0

accent

#D0B715

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#170D0E

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16172

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

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