#E16456#E16456

#E16456 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.159 H 28.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16456
RGB	rgb(225, 100, 86)
HSL	hsl(6, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(6, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, 47.74, 31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 57.43, 33.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.1396 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.159 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2916, 25.7984, 11.8181)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16456 #56D3E1

analogous

#E1568D #E16456 #E1A956

triadic

#E16456 #56E164 #6456E1

tetradic

#E16456 #8DE156 #56D3E1 #A956E1

square

#E16456 #8DE156 #56D3E1 #A956E1

split-complementary

#E16456 #56E1A9 #568DE1

monochromatic

#A02A1C #D43726 #E16456 #EA948A #F3C3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#E16456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#E16456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16456

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16456	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 100, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.159 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19486',
    500: '#e16456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16456;
$custom-light: #f19486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.043,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6548,
    "c": 0.15899,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16456

secondary

#AFDEE4

accent

#BFD214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16456

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

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