#E16959#E16959

#E16959 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.153 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16959
RGB	rgb(225, 105, 89)
HSL	hsl(7, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(7, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, 45.54, 31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 55.35, 34.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% 0.1332 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.153 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9094, 26.8365, 12.6329)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16959 #59D1E1

analogous

#E1598D #E16959 #E1AD59

triadic

#E16959 #59E169 #6959E1

tetradic

#E16959 #8DE159 #59D1E1 #AD59E1

square

#E16959 #8DE159 #59D1E1 #AD59E1

split-complementary

#E16959 #59E1AD #598DE1

monochromatic

#A22D1D #D63B27 #E16959 #EA988D #F4C7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#E16959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#E16959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16959

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16959	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877E57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 105, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.153 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09788',
    500: '#e16959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16959;
$custom-light: #f09788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.059,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66235,
    "c": 0.15306,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16959

secondary

#B2DEE4

accent

#BBD114

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16959

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

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