#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
RGBrgb(225, 99, 87)
HSLhsl(5, 70%, 61%)
HSVhsv(5, 61%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 56%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(57.68, 48.28, 31.14)
CIE-LCHlch(57.68, 57.45, 32.82°)
OKLaboklab(65.36% 0.1415 0.0745)
OKLCHoklch(65.36% 0.16 27.8)
XYZxyz(37.2368, 25.6240, 12.0000)
Luminance0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E163571.003.436.126.12
#FFFFFF3.431.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1221.001.001.00
##0000006.1221.001.001.00

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

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#E16357 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva