#E16255#E16255

#E16255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.161 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16255
RGB	rgb(225, 98, 85)
HSL	hsl(6, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(6, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, 48.62, 32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 58.21, 33.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.1422 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.161 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0621, 25.4035, 11.5443)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E16255 #55D4E1

analogous

#E1558E #E16255 #E1A855

triadic

#E16255 #55E162 #6255E1

tetradic

#E16255 #8EE155 #55D4E1 #A855E1

square

#E16255 #8EE155 #55D4E1 #A855E1

split-complementary

#E16255 #55E1A8 #558EE1

monochromatic

#9F281C #D33525 #E16255 #EA9289 #F3C2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#E16255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#E16255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16255

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16255	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 98, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.161 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19385',
    500: '#e16255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16255;
$custom-light: #f19385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65188,
    "c": 0.1613,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16255

secondary

#AEDEE3

accent

#C0D214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16255

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

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