#E16A68#E16A68

#E16A68 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.149 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16A68
RGB	rgb(225, 106, 104)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(1, 54%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 53.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, 46.18, 23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 51.82, 26.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% 0.1375 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.149 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7071, 27.3195, 16.3288)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16A68 #68DFE1

analogous

#E168A2 #E16A68 #E1A768

triadic

#E16A68 #68E16A #6A68E1

tetradic

#E16A68 #A2E168 #68DFE1 #A768E1

square

#E16A68 #A2E168 #68DFE1 #A768E1

split-complementary

#E16A68 #68E1A7 #68A2E1

monochromatic

#AC2522 #D73835 #E16A68 #EB9C9B #F5CFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#E16A68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#E16A68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16A68

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16A68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16A68	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867F67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5576A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16a68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 106, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.149 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9893',
    500: '#e16a68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16a68;
$custom-light: #ef9893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16a68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.992,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66657,
    "c": 0.14927,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16A68

secondary

#BEE7E7

accent

#CCCF17

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F1

border

#D7CCCB

text

#170E0D

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16A68

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

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