#E16C60#E16C60

#E16C60 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.148 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16C60
RGB	rgb(225, 108, 96)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(6, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 57.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, 44.57, 28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 52.84, 32.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% 0.1313 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.148 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5284, 27.5817, 14.3589)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16C60 #60D5E1

analogous

#E16095 #E16C60 #E1AC60

triadic

#E16C60 #60E16C #6C60E1

tetradic

#E16C60 #95E160 #60D5E1 #AC60E1

square

#E16C60 #95E160 #60D5E1 #AC60E1

split-complementary

#E16C60 #60E1AC #6095E1

monochromatic

#A72C20 #D73C2D #E16C60 #EB9C93 #F4CBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#E16C60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#E16C60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16C60

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16C60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16C60	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89805E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5586A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16c60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 108, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.148 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0998d',
    500: '#e16c60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16c60;
$custom-light: #f0998d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16c60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.581,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66792,
    "c": 0.14832,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16C60

secondary

#B7E1E6

accent

#BFD015

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16C60

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

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