#E16270#E16270

#E16270 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.159 H 15.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16270
RGB	rgb(225, 98, 112)
HSL	hsl(353, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(353, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 50.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 50.67, 17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 53.49, 18.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.1526 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.159 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3466, 25.9173, 18.3092)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16270 #62E1D3

analogous

#E162AF #E16270 #E19362

triadic

#E16270 #70E162 #6270E1

tetradic

#E16270 #AFE162 #62E1D3 #9362E1

square

#E16270 #AFE162 #62E1D3 #9362E1

split-complementary

#E16270 #62E193 #62AFE1

monochromatic

#A8202F #D72F41 #E16270 #EB959F #F5C9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#E16270 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#E16270 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16270

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16270	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16270	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7B70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F956D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F44F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16270;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 98, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.159 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9399',
    500: '#e16270',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16270;
$custom-light: #ef9399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16270",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.386,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65719,
    "c": 0.15856,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16270

secondary

#B9E6E1

accent

#D0BB16

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#170D0D

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16270

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

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