#E16C58#E16C58

#E16C58 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.150 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16C58
RGB	rgb(225, 108, 88)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(9, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 60.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 44.00, 32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 54.83, 36.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% 0.1283 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.15 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1786, 27.4418, 12.5169)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16C58 #58CDE1

analogous

#E15889 #E16C58 #E1B158

triadic

#E16C58 #58E16C #6C58E1

tetradic

#E16C58 #89E158 #58CDE1 #B158E1

square

#E16C58 #89E158 #58CDE1 #B158E1

split-complementary

#E16C58 #58E1B1 #5889E1

monochromatic

#A2301D #D54026 #E16C58 #EA9A8C #F4C7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#E16C58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#E16C58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16C58

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16C58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16C58	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55767

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16c58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 108, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.150 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09987',
    500: '#e16c58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16c58;
$custom-light: #f09987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16c58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.759,
    "s": 69.543,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66654,
    "c": 0.15018,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16C58

secondary

#B1DDE4

accent

#B6D214

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16C58

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

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