#E16257#E16257

#E16257 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.161 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16257
RGB	rgb(225, 98, 87)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, 48.75, 30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 57.73, 32.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.1429 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.161 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1427, 25.4357, 11.9686)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16257 #57D6E1

analogous

#E15791 #E16257 #E1A757

triadic

#E16257 #57E162 #6257E1

tetradic

#E16257 #91E157 #57D6E1 #A757E1

square

#E16257 #91E157 #57D6E1 #A757E1

split-complementary

#E16257 #57E1A7 #5791E1

monochromatic

#A1271D #D53426 #E16257 #EA938B #F4C3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#E16257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#E16257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16257

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16257	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 98, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.161 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19386',
    500: '#e16257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16257;
$custom-light: #f19386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.783,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65222,
    "c": 0.16091,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16257

secondary

#B0E0E4

accent

#C3D214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16257

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

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