#E16557#E16557

#E16557 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.158 H 28.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16557
RGB	rgb(225, 101, 87)
HSL	hsl(6, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(6, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, 47.33, 31.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 56.91, 33.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% 0.1385 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.158 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4287, 26.0077, 12.0640)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16557 #57D3E1

analogous

#E1578E #E16557 #E1AA57

triadic

#E16557 #57E165 #6557E1

tetradic

#E16557 #8EE157 #57D3E1 #AA57E1

square

#E16557 #8EE157 #57D3E1 #AA57E1

split-complementary

#E16557 #57E1AA #578EE1

monochromatic

#A12A1D #D53826 #E16557 #EA958B #F4C4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#E16557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#E16557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16557

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16557	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)

#847B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 101, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.158 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19486',
    500: '#e16557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16557;
$custom-light: #f19486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.087,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65635,
    "c": 0.15772,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16557

secondary

#B0DFE4

accent

#BED214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16557

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →