#E16979#E16979

#E16979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.150 H 13.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16979
RGB	rgb(225, 105, 121)
HSL	hsl(352, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(352, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 46.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 48.18, 13.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 50.15, 16.13°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% 0.1456 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.15 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5568, 27.4955, 21.3095)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16979 #69E1D1

analogous

#E169B5 #E16979 #E19569

triadic

#E16979 #79E169 #6979E1

tetradic

#E16979 #B5E169 #69E1D1 #9569E1

square

#E16979 #B5E169 #69E1D1 #9569E1

split-complementary

#E16979 #69E195 #69B5E1

monochromatic

#AD2335 #D7364B #E16979 #EB9CA7 #F5CFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#E16979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#E16979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16979

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16979	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3596F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 105, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.150 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef979f',
    500: '#e16979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16979;
$custom-light: #ef979f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66892,
    "c": 0.14991,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16979

secondary

#BEE7E2

accent

#CFB617

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#170E0E

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16979

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

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