#E16357#E16357

#E16357 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.160 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16357
RGB	rgb(225, 99, 87)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, 48.28, 31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 57.45, 32.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% 0.1415 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.16 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2368, 25.6240, 12.0000)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16357 #57D5E1

analogous

#E15790 #E16357 #E1A857

triadic

#E16357 #57E163 #6357E1

tetradic

#E16357 #90E157 #57D5E1 #A857E1

square

#E16357 #90E157 #57D5E1 #A857E1

split-complementary

#E16357 #57E1A8 #5790E1

monochromatic

#A1281D #D53526 #E16357 #EA938B #F4C3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#E16357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#E16357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16357

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16357	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)

#837A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 99, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.160 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19386',
    500: '#e16357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16357;
$custom-light: #f19386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.217,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65358,
    "c": 0.15985,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16357

secondary

#B0DFE4

accent

#C1D214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16357

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

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