#E16251#E16251

#E16251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.162 H 29.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16251
RGB	rgb(225, 98, 81)
HSL	hsl(7, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(7, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, 48.37, 34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 59.23, 35.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.1407 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.162 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9077, 25.3417, 10.7309)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16251 #51D0E1

analogous

#E15188 #E16251 #E1AA51

triadic

#E16251 #51E162 #6251E1

tetradic

#E16251 #88E151 #51D0E1 #AA51E1

square

#E16251 #88E151 #51D0E1 #AA51E1

split-complementary

#E16251 #51E1AA #5188E1

monochromatic

#9D2A1B #D13824 #E16251 #EA9185 #F3C0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#E16251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#E16251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16251

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16251	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83794F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6495E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 98, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.162 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19282',
    500: '#e16251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16251;
$custom-light: #f19282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.083,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65124,
    "c": 0.16214,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16251

secondary

#ABDCE3

accent

#D8ED3A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16251

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

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