#E16253#E16253

#E16253 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.162 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16253
RGB	rgb(225, 98, 83)
HSL	hsl(6, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(6, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 63.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, 48.49, 33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 58.71, 34.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.1414 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.162 29)
XYZ	xyz(36.9838, 25.3721, 11.1317)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16253 #53D2E1

analogous

#E1538B #E16253 #E1A953

triadic

#E16253 #53E162 #6253E1

tetradic

#E16253 #8BE153 #53D2E1 #A953E1

square

#E16253 #8BE153 #53D2E1 #A953E1

split-complementary

#E16253 #53E1A9 #538BE1

monochromatic

#9E291C #D23725 #E16253 #EA9287 #F3C1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#E16253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#E16253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16253

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16253	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)

#837951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 98, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.162 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19383',
    500: '#e16253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16253;
$custom-light: #f19383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.338,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65156,
    "c": 0.16171,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.25367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16253

secondary

#ADDDE3

accent

#BED213

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16253

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

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