#E16757#E16757

#E16757 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.156 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16757
RGB	rgb(225, 103, 87)
HSL	hsl(7, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(7, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.2%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, 46.37, 32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 56.38, 34.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.1355 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.156 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6252, 26.4008, 12.1295)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16757 #57D1E1

analogous

#E1578C #E16757 #E1AC57

triadic

#E16757 #57E167 #6757E1

tetradic

#E16757 #8CE157 #57D1E1 #AC57E1

square

#E16757 #8CE157 #57D1E1 #AC57E1

split-complementary

#E16757 #57E1AC #578CE1

monochromatic

#A12C1D #D53A26 #E16757 #EA968B #F4C5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#E16757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#E16757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16757

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16757	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 103, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.156 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09686',
    500: '#e16757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16757;
$custom-light: #f09686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.957,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65916,
    "c": 0.15561,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16757

secondary

#B0DEE4

accent

#BCD214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16757

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

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