#E16A5E#E16A5E

#E16A5E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.151 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16A5E
RGB	rgb(225, 106, 94)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(5, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 58.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, 45.40, 28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 53.87, 32.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.1336 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.151 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2290, 27.1283, 13.8106)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16A5E #5ED5E1

analogous

#E15E94 #E16A5E #E1AB5E

triadic

#E16A5E #5EE16A #6A5EE1

tetradic

#E16A5E #94E15E #5ED5E1 #AB5EE1

square

#E16A5E #94E15E #5ED5E1 #AB5EE1

split-complementary

#E16A5E #5EE1AB #5E94E1

monochromatic

#A62B1F #D73A2A #E16A5E #EB9A92 #F4C9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#E16A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#E16A5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16A5E

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16A5E	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5985B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 106, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.151 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0988c',
    500: '#e16a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16a5e;
$custom-light: #f0988c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.496,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66466,
    "c": 0.15091,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16A5E

secondary

#B6E1E5

accent

#BFD115

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16A5E

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

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