#E16A63#E16A63

#E16A63 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.150 H 25.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16A63
RGB	rgb(225, 106, 99)
HSL	hsl(3, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(3, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 56%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, 45.78, 26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 52.77, 29.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% 0.1356 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.15 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4606, 27.2210, 15.0307)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16A63 #63DAE1

analogous

#E1639B #E16A63 #E1A963

triadic

#E16A63 #63E16A #6A63E1

tetradic

#E16A63 #9BE163 #63DAE1 #A963E1

square

#E16A63 #9BE163 #63DAE1 #A963E1

split-complementary

#E16A63 #63E1A9 #639BE1

monochromatic

#A92821 #D73930 #E16A63 #EB9B96 #F5CCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#E16A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#E16A63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16A63

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16A63	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877F62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 106, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.150 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0988f',
    500: '#e16a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16a63;
$custom-light: #f0988f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66558,
    "c": 0.14999,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16A63

secondary

#BAE4E6

accent

#C5D016

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16A63

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

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