#E16A56#E16A56

#E16A56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.153 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16A56
RGB	rgb(225, 106, 86)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(9, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 44.85, 33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 55.87, 36.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% 0.1306 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.153 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8884, 26.9921, 12.0171)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16A56 #56CDE1

analogous

#E15687 #E16A56 #E1AF56

triadic

#E16A56 #56E16A #6A56E1

tetradic

#E16A56 #87E156 #56CDE1 #AF56E1

square

#E16A56 #87E156 #56CDE1 #AF56E1

split-complementary

#E16A56 #56E1AF #5687E1

monochromatic

#A02F1C #D43F26 #E16A56 #EA988A #F3C6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#E16A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#E16A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16A56

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16A56	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)

#887E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 106, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.153 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09786',
    500: '#e16a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16a56;
$custom-light: #f09786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.633,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6633,
    "c": 0.15274,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16A56

secondary

#AFDCE4

accent

#B6D214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16A56

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

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