#E16965#E16965

#E16965 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.151 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16965
RGB	rgb(225, 105, 101)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(2, 55%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 55.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, 46.42, 24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 52.68, 28.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% 0.1378 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.151 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4550, 27.0548, 15.5064)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16965 #65DDE1

analogous

#E1659F #E16965 #E1A765

triadic

#E16965 #65E169 #6965E1

tetradic

#E16965 #9FE165 #65DDE1 #A765E1

square

#E16965 #9FE165 #65DDE1 #A765E1

split-complementary

#E16965 #65E1A7 #659FE1

monochromatic

#AA2621 #D73732 #E16965 #EB9B98 #F5CDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#E16965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#E16965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16965

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16965	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867E64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 105, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.151 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09791',
    500: '#e16965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16965;
$custom-light: #f09791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.935,
    "s": 67.391,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66454,
    "c": 0.15082,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16965

secondary

#BBE5E7

accent

#C9CF16

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16965

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

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