#E16A73#E16A73

#E16A73 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.148 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16A73
RGB	rgb(225, 106, 115)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(355, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 48.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, 47.13, 17.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 50.27, 20.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% 0.1418 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.148 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3027, 27.5578, 19.4657)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16A73 #6AE1D8

analogous

#E16AAF #E16A73 #E19C6A

triadic

#E16A73 #73E16A #6A73E1

tetradic

#E16A73 #AFE16A #6AE1D8 #9C6AE1

square

#E16A73 #AFE16A #6AE1D8 #9C6AE1

split-complementary

#E16A73 #6AE19C #6AAFE1

monochromatic

#AE232D #D73743 #E16A73 #EB9DA3 #F6D0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#E16A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#E16A73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16A73

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16A73	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4596E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 106, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.148 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef989b',
    500: '#e16a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16a73;
$custom-light: #ef989b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.462,
    "s": 66.48,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66893,
    "c": 0.14849,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16A73

secondary

#BFE8E5

accent

#CEC117

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#170E0E

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16A73

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

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