#E16462#E16462

#E16462 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.157 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16462
RGB	rgb(225, 100, 98)
HSL	hsl(1, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(1, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, 48.59, 25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 54.80, 27.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.1442 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.157 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8163, 26.0083, 14.5816)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16462 #62DFE1

analogous

#E1629F #E16462 #E1A362

triadic

#E16462 #62E164 #6462E1

tetradic

#E16462 #9FE162 #62DFE1 #A362E1

square

#E16462 #9FE162 #62DFE1 #A362E1

split-complementary

#E16462 #62E1A3 #629FE1

monochromatic

#A82220 #D7312F #E16462 #EB9795 #F5C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#E16462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#E16462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16462

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16462	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827B61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1955F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F54F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 100, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.157 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0948e',
    500: '#e16462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16462;
$custom-light: #f0948e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.945,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65695,
    "c": 0.15696,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16462

secondary

#B9E5E6

accent

#CDD016

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16462

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

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