#E16252#E16252

#E16252 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.162 H 29.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16252
RGB	rgb(225, 98, 82)
HSL	hsl(7, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(7, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 63.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, 48.43, 33.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 58.97, 34.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% 0.1411 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.162 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9454, 25.3568, 10.9298)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16252 #52D1E1

analogous

#E1528A #E16252 #E1A952

triadic

#E16252 #52E162 #6252E1

tetradic

#E16252 #8AE152 #52D1E1 #A952E1

square

#E16252 #8AE152 #52D1E1 #A952E1

split-complementary

#E16252 #52E1A9 #528AE1

monochromatic

#9D2A1B #D13824 #E16252 #EA9186 #F3C1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#E16252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#E16252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16252

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16252	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)

#837950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 98, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.162 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19283',
    500: '#e16252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16252;
$custom-light: #f19283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.713,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6514,
    "c": 0.16192,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16252

secondary

#ACDDE3

accent

#BDD213

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16252

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

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