#E16856#E16856

#E16856 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.155 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16856
RGB	rgb(225, 104, 86)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(8, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, 45.82, 32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 56.38, 35.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% 0.1336 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.155 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6847, 26.5847, 11.9492)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16856 #56CFE1

analogous

#E15689 #E16856 #E1AD56

triadic

#E16856 #56E168 #6856E1

tetradic

#E16856 #89E156 #56CFE1 #AD56E1

square

#E16856 #89E156 #56CFE1 #AD56E1

split-complementary

#E16856 #56E1AD #5689E1

monochromatic

#A02D1C #D43C26 #E16856 #EA968A #F3C5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#E16856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#E16856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16856

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16856	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877D54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 104, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.155 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09686',
    500: '#e16856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16856;
$custom-light: #f09686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.77,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66042,
    "c": 0.1548,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16856

secondary

#AFDDE4

accent

#B9D214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16856

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

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