#E16A79#E16A79

#E16A79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.149 H 14.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16A79
RGB	rgb(225, 106, 121)
HSL	hsl(352, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(352, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 46.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, 47.69, 14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 49.76, 16.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% 0.1441 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.149 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6593, 27.7004, 21.3436)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16A79 #6AE1D2

analogous

#E16AB4 #E16A79 #E1976A

triadic

#E16A79 #79E16A #6A79E1

tetradic

#E16A79 #B4E16A #6AE1D2 #976AE1

square

#E16A79 #B4E16A #6AE1D2 #976AE1

split-complementary

#E16A79 #6AE197 #6AB4E1

monochromatic

#AE2334 #D7374B #E16A79 #EB9DA7 #F6D0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#E16A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#E16A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16A79

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16A79	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F35A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 106, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.149 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef989f',
    500: '#e16a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16a79;
$custom-light: #ef989f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.437,
    "s": 66.48,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67033,
    "c": 0.14858,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16A79

secondary

#BFE8E3

accent

#CEB717

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#170E0E

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16A79

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

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