#E16266#E16266

#E16266 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.159 H 20.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16266
RGB	rgb(225, 98, 102)
HSL	hsl(358, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(358, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 54.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, 49.84, 22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 54.75, 24.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.1487 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.159 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8204, 25.7068, 15.5381)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16266 #62E1DD

analogous

#E162A5 #E16266 #E19D62

triadic

#E16266 #66E162 #6266E1

tetradic

#E16266 #A5E162 #62E1DD #9D62E1

square

#E16266 #A5E162 #62E1DD #9D62E1

split-complementary

#E16266 #62E19D #62A5E1

monochromatic

#A82024 #D72F34 #E16266 #EB9598 #F5C9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#E16266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#E16266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16266

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16266	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807A65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F54D64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 98, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.159 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09391',
    500: '#e16266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16266;
$custom-light: #f09391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.11,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65503,
    "c": 0.15888,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16266

secondary

#B9E6E5

accent

#D0CA16

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16266

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

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