#E16451#E16451

#E16451 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.160 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16451
RGB	rgb(225, 100, 81)
HSL	hsl(8, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(8, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, 47.42, 34.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 58.72, 36.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.1377 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.16 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0971, 25.7206, 10.7940)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16451 #51CEE1

analogous

#E15186 #E16451 #E1AC51

triadic

#E16451 #51E164 #6451E1

tetradic

#E16451 #86E151 #51CEE1 #AC51E1

square

#E16451 #86E151 #51CEE1 #AC51E1

split-complementary

#E16451 #51E1AC #5186E1

monochromatic

#9D2C1B #D13B24 #E16451 #EA9385 #F3C1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#E16451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#E16451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16451

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16451	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)

#847A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 100, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.160 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19482',
    500: '#e16451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16451;
$custom-light: #f19482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.917,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65399,
    "c": 0.16009,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16451

secondary

#ABDBE3

accent

#D6ED3A

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16451

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

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