#E16460#E16460
#E16460 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.157 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E16460 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 100, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(2, 68%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(2, 57%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 57.3%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.01, 48.44, 26.44) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(58.01, 55.19, 28.63°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.66% 0.1434 0.0645) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.66% 0.157 24.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.7230, 25.9710, 14.0905) |
| Luminance | 0.2597 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.12
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.64
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.77
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.97
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 5.07
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 5.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E16460 #60DDE1
analogous
#E1609D #E16460 #E1A460
triadic
#E16460 #60E164 #6460E1
tetradic
#E16460 #9DE160 #60DDE1 #A460E1
square
#E16460 #9DE160 #60DDE1 #A460E1
split-complementary
#E16460 #60E1A4 #609DE1
monochromatic
#A72420 #D7322D #E16460 #EB9693 #F4C8C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.39
#E16460 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.19
#E16460 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E16460
6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E16460 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E16460 | 1.00 | 3.39 | 6.19 | 6.19 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.39 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#827B5F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2955D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F54E64
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e16460; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 100, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.157 24.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0948d',
500: '#e16460',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e16460; $custom-light: #f0948d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e16460",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 100,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 1.86,
"s": 68.254,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65657,
"c": 0.15723,
"h": 24.2
},
"luminance": 0.25966
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E16460
secondary
#B7E4E6
accent
#CAD015
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2F0
border
#D7CCCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D