#E16560#E16560

#E16560 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.156 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16560
RGB	rgb(225, 101, 96)
HSL	hsl(2, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(2, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 57.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, 47.96, 26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 54.88, 29.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.1419 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.156 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8195, 26.1640, 14.1226)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16560 #60DCE1

analogous

#E1609B #E16560 #E1A660

triadic

#E16560 #60E165 #6560E1

tetradic

#E16560 #9BE160 #60DCE1 #A660E1

square

#E16560 #9BE160 #60DCE1 #A660E1

split-complementary

#E16560 #60E1A6 #609BE1

monochromatic

#A72520 #D7332D #E16560 #EB9793 #F4C9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#E16560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#E16560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16560

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16560	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837C5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2965D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 101, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.156 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0958d',
    500: '#e16560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16560;
$custom-light: #f0958d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.326,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65795,
    "c": 0.1561,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16560

secondary

#B7E4E6

accent

#C9D015

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16560

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

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