#E16956#E16956

#E16956 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.154 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16956
RGB	rgb(225, 105, 86)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(8, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, 45.34, 33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 56.12, 36.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% 0.1321 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.154 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7860, 26.7872, 11.9829)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16956 #56CEE1

analogous

#E15688 #E16956 #E1AE56

triadic

#E16956 #56E169 #6956E1

tetradic

#E16956 #88E156 #56CEE1 #AE56E1

square

#E16956 #88E156 #56CEE1 #AE56E1

split-complementary

#E16956 #56E1AE #5688E1

monochromatic

#A02E1C #D43E26 #E16956 #EA978A #F3C5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#E16956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#E16956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16956

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16956	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887D54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 105, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.154 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09786',
    500: '#e16956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16956;
$custom-light: #f09786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.201,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66185,
    "c": 0.15377,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16956

secondary

#AFDCE4

accent

#B8D214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16956

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

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