#E16962#E16962

#E16962 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.151 H 25.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16962
RGB	rgb(225, 105, 98)
HSL	hsl(3, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(3, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 46.19, 26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 53.28, 29.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.1367 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.151 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3107, 26.9971, 14.7464)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16962 #62DAE1

analogous

#E1629A #E16962 #E1A862

triadic

#E16962 #62E169 #6962E1

tetradic

#E16962 #9AE162 #62DAE1 #A862E1

square

#E16962 #9AE162 #62DAE1 #A862E1

split-complementary

#E16962 #62E1A8 #629AE1

monochromatic

#A82820 #D7382F #E16962 #EB9A95 #F5CBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#E16962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#E16962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16962

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16962	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867E61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4975F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 105, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.151 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0978e',
    500: '#e16962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16962;
$custom-light: #f0978e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.307,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66396,
    "c": 0.15128,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16962

secondary

#B9E4E6

accent

#C6D016

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16962

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

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