#E16656#E16656

#E16656 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.157 H 29.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16656
RGB	rgb(225, 102, 86)
HSL	hsl(7, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(7, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, 46.79, 32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 56.90, 34.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.1366 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.157 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4858, 26.1868, 11.8828)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16656 #56D1E1

analogous

#E1568B #E16656 #E1AB56

triadic

#E16656 #56E166 #6656E1

tetradic

#E16656 #8BE156 #56D1E1 #AB56E1

square

#E16656 #8BE156 #56D1E1 #AB56E1

split-complementary

#E16656 #56E1AB #568BE1

monochromatic

#A02C1C #D43A26 #E16656 #EA958A #F3C4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#E16656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#E16656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16656

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16656	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)

#857C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F64F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 102, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.157 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19586',
    500: '#e16656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16656;
$custom-light: #f19586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.906,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65759,
    "c": 0.15688,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16656

secondary

#AFDEE4

accent

#BCD214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16656

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

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