#E16566#E16566

#E16566 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.155 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16566
RGB	rgb(225, 101, 102)
HSL	hsl(360, 67%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(360, 55%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 54.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.30, 48.42, 23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.30, 53.77, 25.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% 0.1442 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.155 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1064, 26.2788, 15.6334)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16566 #65E1E0

analogous

#E165A4 #E16566 #E1A265

triadic

#E16566 #66E165 #6566E1

tetradic

#E16566 #A4E165 #65E1E0 #A265E1

square

#E16566 #A4E165 #65E1E0 #A265E1

split-complementary

#E16566 #65E1A2 #65A4E1

monochromatic

#AA2122 #D73233 #E16566 #EB9899 #F5CBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#E16566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#E16566 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16566

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16566	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)

#827C65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 101, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.155 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09591',
    500: '#e16566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16566;
$custom-light: #f09591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.516,
    "s": 67.391,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65912,
    "c": 0.15535,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16566

secondary

#BBE7E6

accent

#CFCE16

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16566

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

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