#E16465#E16465

#E16465 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.157 H 21.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16465
RGB	rgb(225, 100, 101)
HSL	hsl(360, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(360, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 55.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, 48.82, 23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 54.26, 25.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% 0.1453 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.157 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9606, 26.0660, 15.3416)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16465 #64E1E0

analogous

#E164A3 #E16465 #E1A164

triadic

#E16465 #65E164 #6465E1

tetradic

#E16465 #A3E164 #64E1E0 #A164E1

square

#E16465 #A3E164 #64E1E0 #A164E1

split-complementary

#E16465 #64E1A1 #64A3E1

monochromatic

#AA2122 #D73132 #E16465 #EB9798 #F5CBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#E16465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#E16465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16465

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16465	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827B64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F54F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 100, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.157 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09490',
    500: '#e16465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16465;
$custom-light: #f09490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.52,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65754,
    "c": 0.15662,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16465

secondary

#BAE6E6

accent

#CFCE16

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16465

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

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