#E16561#E16561

#E16561 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.156 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16561
RGB	rgb(225, 101, 97)
HSL	hsl(2, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(2, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, 48.04, 26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 54.68, 28.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.1423 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.156 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8659, 26.1825, 14.3666)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16561 #61DDE1

analogous

#E1619D #E16561 #E1A561

triadic

#E16561 #61E165 #6561E1

tetradic

#E16561 #9DE161 #61DDE1 #A561E1

square

#E16561 #9DE161 #61DDE1 #A561E1

split-complementary

#E16561 #61E1A5 #619DE1

monochromatic

#A82420 #D7332E #E16561 #EB9794 #F5C9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#E16561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#E16561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16561

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16561	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837C60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2965E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 101, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.156 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0958e',
    500: '#e16561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16561;
$custom-light: #f0958e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.875,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65814,
    "c": 0.15595,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16561

secondary

#B8E4E6

accent

#CAD015

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16561

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

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