#E16555#E16555

#E16555 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.158 H 29.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16555
RGB	rgb(225, 101, 85)
HSL	hsl(7, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(7, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, 47.20, 32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 57.41, 34.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.1377 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.158 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3481, 25.9754, 11.6396)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16555 #55D1E1

analogous

#E1558B #E16555 #E1AB55

triadic

#E16555 #55E165 #6555E1

tetradic

#E16555 #8BE155 #55D1E1 #AB55E1

square

#E16555 #8BE155 #55D1E1 #AB55E1

split-complementary

#E16555 #55E1AB #558BE1

monochromatic

#9F2B1C #D33925 #E16555 #EA9489 #F3C3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#E16555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#E16555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16555

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16555	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)

#857B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 101, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.158 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19485',
    500: '#e16555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16555;
$custom-light: #f19485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.857,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65602,
    "c": 0.15815,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16555

secondary

#AEDDE3

accent

#BCD214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16555

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

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