#E16969#E16969

#E16969 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.150 H 22.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16969
RGB	rgb(225, 105, 105)
HSL	hsl(0, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 53.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, 46.75, 22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 51.97, 25.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% 0.1394 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.15 22)
XYZ	xyz(38.6557, 27.1351, 16.5638)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16969 #69E1E1

analogous

#E169A5 #E16969 #E1A569

triadic

#E16969 #69E169 #6969E1

tetradic

#E16969 #A5E169 #69E1E1 #A569E1

square

#E16969 #A5E169 #69E1E1 #A569E1

split-complementary

#E16969 #69E1A5 #69A5E1

monochromatic

#AD2323 #D73636 #E16969 #EB9C9C #F5CFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#E16969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#E16969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16969

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16969	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857F68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5566A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 105, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.150 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9793',
    500: '#e16969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16969;
$custom-light: #ef9793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66534,
    "c": 0.15034,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.27131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16969

secondary

#BEE7E7

accent

#CFCF17

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F1

border

#D7CCCB

text

#170E0D

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16969

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

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