#E16259#E16259

#E16259 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.161 H 26.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16259
RGB	rgb(225, 98, 89)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(4, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, 48.89, 29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 57.26, 31.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.1437 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.161 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2255, 25.4688, 12.4049)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16259 #59D8E1

analogous

#E15994 #E16259 #E1A659

triadic

#E16259 #59E162 #6259E1

tetradic

#E16259 #94E159 #59D8E1 #A659E1

square

#E16259 #94E159 #59D8E1 #A659E1

split-complementary

#E16259 #59E1A6 #5994E1

monochromatic

#A2261D #D63227 #E16259 #EA938D #F4C4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#E16259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#E16259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16259

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16259	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)

#827957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 98, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.161 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19388',
    500: '#e16259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16259;
$custom-light: #f19388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.971,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65256,
    "c": 0.16055,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16259

secondary

#B2E1E4

accent

#C5D114

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16259

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

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