#E16973#E16973

#E16973 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.150 H 16.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16973
RGB	rgb(225, 105, 115)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(355, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 48.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 47.61, 17.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 50.63, 19.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% 0.1433 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.15 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2003, 27.3529, 19.4316)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16973 #69E1D7

analogous

#E169AF #E16973 #E19B69

triadic

#E16973 #73E169 #6973E1

tetradic

#E16973 #AFE169 #69E1D7 #9B69E1

square

#E16973 #AFE169 #69E1D7 #9B69E1

split-complementary

#E16973 #69E19B #69AFE1

monochromatic

#AD232E #D73643 #E16973 #EB9CA3 #F5CFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#E16973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#E16973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16973

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16973	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4586D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 105, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.150 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef979b',
    500: '#e16973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16973;
$custom-light: #ef979b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66751,
    "c": 0.14976,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16973

secondary

#BEE7E4

accent

#CFBF17

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#170E0E

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16973

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

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