#E16A5A#E16A5A

#E16A5A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.152 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16A5A
RGB	rgb(225, 106, 90)
HSL	hsl(7, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(7, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 60%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, 45.12, 31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 54.83, 34.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.1321 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.152 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0541, 27.0583, 12.8897)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16A5A #5AD1E1

analogous

#E15A8E #E16A5A #E1AE5A

triadic

#E16A5A #5AE16A #6A5AE1

tetradic

#E16A5A #8EE15A #5AD1E1 #AE5AE1

square

#E16A5A #8EE15A #5AD1E1 #AE5AE1

split-complementary

#E16A5A #5AE1AE #5A8EE1

monochromatic

#A32D1E #D73C27 #E16A5A #EA998E #F4C8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#E16A5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#E16A5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16A5A

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16A5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16A5A	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)

#887E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16a5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 106, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.152 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09889',
    500: '#e16a5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16a5a;
$custom-light: #f09889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16a5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.111,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66396,
    "c": 0.15178,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16A5A

secondary

#B2DEE4

accent

#BBD114

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16A5A

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

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