#E16B5E#E16B5E

#E16B5E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.150 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16B5E
RGB	rgb(225, 107, 94)
HSL	hsl(6, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(6, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 58.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 44.92, 29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 53.59, 33.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.1321 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.15 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3326, 27.3356, 13.8452)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16B5E #5ED4E1

analogous

#E15E93 #E16B5E #E1AC5E

triadic

#E16B5E #5EE16B #6B5EE1

tetradic

#E16B5E #93E15E #5ED4E1 #AC5EE1

square

#E16B5E #93E15E #5ED4E1 #AC5EE1

split-complementary

#E16B5E #5EE1AC #5E93E1

monochromatic

#A62C1F #D73C2A #E16B5E #EB9A92 #F4CAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#E16B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#E16B5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16B5E

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16B5E	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5985C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55768

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 107, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.150 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0988c',
    500: '#e16b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16b5e;
$custom-light: #f0988c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.954,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66611,
    "c": 0.14983,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16B5E

secondary

#B6E0E5

accent

#BED115

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16B5E

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

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