#E16359#E16359

#E16359 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.159 H 26.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16359
RGB	rgb(225, 99, 89)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(4, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, 48.41, 30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 56.98, 31.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% 0.1422 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.159 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3197, 25.6571, 12.4363)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16359 #59D7E1

analogous

#E15993 #E16359 #E1A759

triadic

#E16359 #59E163 #6359E1

tetradic

#E16359 #93E159 #59D7E1 #A759E1

square

#E16359 #93E159 #59D7E1 #A759E1

split-complementary

#E16359 #59E1A7 #5993E1

monochromatic

#A2271D #D63427 #E16359 #EA948D #F4C4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#E16359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#E16359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16359

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16359	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 99, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.159 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09388',
    500: '#e16359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16359;
$custom-light: #f09388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.412,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65393,
    "c": 0.15946,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16359

secondary

#B2E0E4

accent

#C3D114

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16359

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

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