#E16261#E16261

#E16261 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.159 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16261
RGB	rgb(225, 98, 97)
HSL	hsl(0, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, 49.46, 25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 55.60, 27.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.1468 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.159 23)
XYZ	xyz(37.5799, 25.6106, 14.2713)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16261 #61E0E1

analogous

#E161A0 #E16261 #E1A261

triadic

#E16261 #61E162 #6261E1

tetradic

#E16261 #A0E161 #61E0E1 #A261E1

square

#E16261 #A0E161 #61E0E1 #A261E1

split-complementary

#E16261 #61E1A2 #61A0E1

monochromatic

#A82120 #D72F2E #E16261 #EB9594 #F5C8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#E16261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#E16261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16261

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16261	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1955E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F54C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 98, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.159 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0938e',
    500: '#e16261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16261;
$custom-light: #f0938e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.469,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65403,
    "c": 0.15937,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.25606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16261

secondary

#B8E5E6

accent

#CFD015

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16261

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

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