#E16562#E16562

#E16562 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.156 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16562
RGB	rgb(225, 101, 98)
HSL	hsl(1, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(1, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, 48.11, 25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 54.49, 28.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.1427 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.156 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9128, 26.2013, 14.6138)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16562 #62DEE1

analogous

#E1629E #E16562 #E1A462

triadic

#E16562 #62E165 #6562E1

tetradic

#E16562 #9EE162 #62DEE1 #A462E1

square

#E16562 #9EE162 #62DEE1 #A462E1

split-complementary

#E16562 #62E1A4 #629EE1

monochromatic

#A82320 #D7332F #E16562 #EB9795 #F5CAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#E16562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#E16562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16562

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16562	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)

#837C61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2965F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 101, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.156 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0958e',
    500: '#e16562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16562;
$custom-light: #f0958e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.417,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65833,
    "c": 0.15582,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16562

secondary

#B9E5E6

accent

#CBD016

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16562

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

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