#E16556#E16556

#E16556 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.158 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16556
RGB	rgb(225, 101, 86)
HSL	hsl(6, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(6, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, 47.26, 32.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 57.16, 34.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% 0.1381 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.158 29)
XYZ	xyz(37.3881, 25.9914, 11.8503)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16556 #56D2E1

analogous

#E1568C #E16556 #E1AA56

triadic

#E16556 #56E165 #6556E1

tetradic

#E16556 #8CE156 #56D2E1 #AA56E1

square

#E16556 #8CE156 #56D2E1 #AA56E1

split-complementary

#E16556 #56E1AA #568CE1

monochromatic

#A02B1C #D43826 #E16556 #EA948A #F3C4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#E16556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#E16556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16556

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16556	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)

#847B54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 101, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.158 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19486',
    500: '#e16556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16556;
$custom-light: #f19486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.475,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65619,
    "c": 0.15793,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.25987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16556

secondary

#AFDEE4

accent

#BDD214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16556

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

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