#E16459#E16459

#E16459 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.158 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16459
RGB	rgb(225, 100, 89)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(5, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, 47.94, 30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 56.70, 32.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% 0.1407 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.158 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4150, 25.8478, 12.4681)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16459 #59D6E1

analogous

#E15992 #E16459 #E1A859

triadic

#E16459 #59E164 #6459E1

tetradic

#E16459 #92E159 #59D6E1 #A859E1

square

#E16459 #92E159 #59D6E1 #A859E1

split-complementary

#E16459 #59E1A8 #5992E1

monochromatic

#A2281D #D63527 #E16459 #EA948D #F4C5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#E16459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#E16459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16459

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16459	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 100, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.158 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09488',
    500: '#e16459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16459;
$custom-light: #f09488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.853,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6553,
    "c": 0.15839,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16459

secondary

#B2E0E4

accent

#C2D114

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16459

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

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