#E16A65#E16A65

#E16A65 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.150 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16A65
RGB	rgb(225, 106, 101)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(2, 55%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 55.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, 45.94, 25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 52.38, 28.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% 0.1363 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.15 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5574, 27.2597, 15.5405)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16A65 #65DCE1

analogous

#E1659E #E16A65 #E1A865

triadic

#E16A65 #65E16A #6A65E1

tetradic

#E16A65 #9EE165 #65DCE1 #A865E1

square

#E16A65 #9EE165 #65DCE1 #A865E1

split-complementary

#E16A65 #65E1A8 #659EE1

monochromatic

#AA2721 #D73832 #E16A65 #EB9C98 #F5CDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#E16A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#E16A65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16A65

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16A65	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867F64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5576A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 106, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.150 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09891',
    500: '#e16a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16a65;
$custom-light: #f09891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.419,
    "s": 67.391,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66597,
    "c": 0.14967,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16A65

secondary

#BBE5E7

accent

#C8CF16

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16A65

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

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