#E16565#E16565

#E16565 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.155 H 22.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16565
RGB	rgb(225, 101, 101)
HSL	hsl(0, 67%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(0, 55%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 55.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, 48.35, 23.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 53.94, 26.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% 0.1439 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.155 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0571, 26.2590, 15.3738)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16565 #65E1E1

analogous

#E165A3 #E16565 #E1A365

triadic

#E16565 #65E165 #6565E1

tetradic

#E16565 #A3E165 #65E1E1 #A365E1

square

#E16565 #A3E165 #65E1E1 #A365E1

split-complementary

#E16565 #65E1A3 #65A3E1

monochromatic

#AA2121 #D73232 #E16565 #EB9898 #F5CBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#E16565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#E16565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16565

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16565	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827C64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 101, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.155 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09591',
    500: '#e16565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16565;
$custom-light: #f09591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 67.391,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65892,
    "c": 0.15545,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16565

secondary

#BBE7E7

accent

#CFCF16

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16565

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

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