#E16552#E16552

#E16552 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.159 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16552
RGB	rgb(225, 101, 82)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(8, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 63.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, 47.01, 34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 58.20, 36.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% 0.1366 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.159 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2314, 25.9288, 11.0252)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16552 #52CEE1

analogous

#E15286 #E16552 #E1AC52

triadic

#E16552 #52E165 #6552E1

tetradic

#E16552 #86E152 #52CEE1 #AC52E1

square

#E16552 #86E152 #52CEE1 #AC52E1

split-complementary

#E16552 #52E1AC #5286E1

monochromatic

#9D2D1B #D13B24 #E16552 #EA9386 #F3C2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#E16552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#E16552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16552

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16552	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4954F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 101, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.159 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19483',
    500: '#e16552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16552;
$custom-light: #f19483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.972,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65554,
    "c": 0.15883,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16552

secondary

#ACDCE3

accent

#B9D213

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16552

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

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