#E16859#E16859

#E16859 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.154 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16859
RGB	rgb(225, 104, 89)
HSL	hsl(7, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(7, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, 46.02, 31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 55.61, 34.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% 0.1347 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.154 29)
XYZ	xyz(37.8081, 26.6340, 12.5991)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16859 #59D2E1

analogous

#E1598E #E16859 #E1AC59

triadic

#E16859 #59E168 #6859E1

tetradic

#E16859 #8EE159 #59D2E1 #AC59E1

square

#E16859 #8EE159 #59D2E1 #AC59E1

split-complementary

#E16859 #59E1AC #598EE1

monochromatic

#A22C1D #D63A27 #E16859 #EA978D #F4C6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#E16859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#E16859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16859

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16859	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 104, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.154 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09688',
    500: '#e16859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16859;
$custom-light: #f09688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.618,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66092,
    "c": 0.15411,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.26629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16859

secondary

#B2DFE4

accent

#BCD114

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16859

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

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