#E16759#E16759

#E16759 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.155 H 28.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16759
RGB	rgb(225, 103, 89)
HSL	hsl(6, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(6, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.2%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, 46.51, 30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 55.88, 33.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% 0.1362 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.155 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7081, 26.4339, 12.5658)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16759 #59D3E1

analogous

#E1598F #E16759 #E1AB59

triadic

#E16759 #59E167 #6759E1

tetradic

#E16759 #8FE159 #59D3E1 #AB59E1

square

#E16759 #8FE159 #59D3E1 #AB59E1

split-complementary

#E16759 #59E1AB #598FE1

monochromatic

#A22B1D #D63927 #E16759 #EA968D #F4C6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#E16759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#E16759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16759

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16759	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867C57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 103, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.155 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09688',
    500: '#e16759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16759;
$custom-light: #f09688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.176,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6595,
    "c": 0.15517,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16759

secondary

#B2DFE4

accent

#BED114

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16759

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

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