#E16256#E16256

#E16256 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.161 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16256
RGB	rgb(225, 98, 86)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, 48.69, 31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 57.97, 32.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% 0.1425 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.161 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1021, 25.4195, 11.7550)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16256 #56D5E1

analogous

#E1568F #E16256 #E1A756

triadic

#E16256 #56E162 #6256E1

tetradic

#E16256 #8FE156 #56D5E1 #A756E1

square

#E16256 #8FE156 #56D5E1 #A756E1

split-complementary

#E16256 #56E1A7 #568FE1

monochromatic

#A0281C #D43526 #E16256 #EA928A #F3C3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#E16256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#E16256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16256

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16256	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)

#827954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 98, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.161 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19386',
    500: '#e16256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16256;
$custom-light: #f19386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.18,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65205,
    "c": 0.1611,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16256

secondary

#AFDFE4

accent

#C1D214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16256

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

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