#E16C59#E16C59

#E16C59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.150 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16C59
RGB	rgb(225, 108, 89)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(8, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 44.07, 32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 54.57, 36.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% 0.1287 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.15 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2203, 27.4585, 12.7365)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16C59 #59CEE1

analogous

#E1598A #E16C59 #E1B059

triadic

#E16C59 #59E16C #6C59E1

tetradic

#E16C59 #8AE159 #59CEE1 #B059E1

square

#E16C59 #8AE159 #59CEE1 #B059E1

split-complementary

#E16C59 #59E1B0 #598AE1

monochromatic

#A2301D #D63F27 #E16C59 #EA9A8D #F4C8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#E16C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#E16C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16C59

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16C59	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)

#897F57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55768

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 108, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.150 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09988',
    500: '#e16c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16c59;
$custom-light: #f09988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.382,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6667,
    "c": 0.14993,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16C59

secondary

#B2DDE4

accent

#B7D114

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16C59

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

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