#E16957#E16957

#E16957 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.154 H 30.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16957
RGB	rgb(225, 105, 87)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(8, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, 45.40, 32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 55.86, 35.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% 0.1325 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.154 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8265, 26.8034, 12.1966)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16957 #57CFE1

analogous

#E1578A #E16957 #E1AE57

triadic

#E16957 #57E169 #6957E1

tetradic

#E16957 #8AE157 #57CFE1 #AE57E1

square

#E16957 #8AE157 #57CFE1 #AE57E1

split-complementary

#E16957 #57E1AE #578AE1

monochromatic

#A12E1D #D53D26 #E16957 #EA978B #F4C6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#E16957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#E16957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16957

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16957	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)

#877D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 105, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.154 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09786',
    500: '#e16957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16957;
$custom-light: #f09786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.826,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66202,
    "c": 0.15353,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16957

secondary

#B0DDE4

accent

#B9D214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16957

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

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