#E16463#E16463

#E16463 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.157 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16463
RGB	rgb(225, 100, 99)
HSL	hsl(0, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(0, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 56%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, 48.66, 24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 54.61, 26.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.1446 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.157 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8638, 26.0273, 14.8318)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16463 #63E0E1

analogous

#E163A1 #E16463 #E1A363

triadic

#E16463 #63E164 #6463E1

tetradic

#E16463 #A1E163 #63E0E1 #A363E1

square

#E16463 #A1E163 #63E0E1 #A363E1

split-complementary

#E16463 #63E1A3 #63A1E1

monochromatic

#A92221 #D73130 #E16463 #EB9796 #F5CACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#E16463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#E16463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16463

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16463	1.00	3.38	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.38	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)

#827B62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F54F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 100, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.157 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0948f',
    500: '#e16463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16463;
$custom-light: #f0948f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.476,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65715,
    "c": 0.15684,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16463

secondary

#BAE6E6

accent

#CED016

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16463

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

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