#E16B59#E16B59

#E16B59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.151 H 30.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16B59
RGB	rgb(225, 107, 89)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(8, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, 44.56, 31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 54.82, 35.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% 0.1302 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.151 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1155, 27.2487, 12.7016)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16B59 #59CFE1

analogous

#E1598B #E16B59 #E1AF59

triadic

#E16B59 #59E16B #6B59E1

tetradic

#E16B59 #8BE159 #59CFE1 #AF59E1

square

#E16B59 #8BE159 #59CFE1 #AF59E1

split-complementary

#E16B59 #59E1AF #598BE1

monochromatic

#A22F1D #D63E27 #E16B59 #EA998D #F4C7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#E16B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#E16B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16B59

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16B59	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)

#897F57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 107, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.151 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09888',
    500: '#e16b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16b59;
$custom-light: #f09888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.941,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66524,
    "c": 0.15097,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16B59

secondary

#B2DEE4

accent

#B8D114

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16B59

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

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