#E16C78#E16C78

#E16C78 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.146 H 15.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16C78
RGB	rgb(225, 108, 120)
HSL	hsl(354, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(354, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 46.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, 46.62, 15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 49.06, 18.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% 0.1407 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.146 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8068, 28.0930, 21.0918)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16C78 #6CE1D5

analogous

#E16CB3 #E16C78 #E19A6C

triadic

#E16C78 #78E16C #6C78E1

tetradic

#E16C78 #B3E16C #6CE1D5 #9A6CE1

square

#E16C78 #B3E16C #6CE1D5 #9A6CE1

split-complementary

#E16C78 #6CE19A #6CB3E1

monochromatic

#AF2432 #D73949 #E16C78 #EB9FA7 #F6D2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#E16C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#E16C78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16C78

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16C78	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F35D71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 108, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.146 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef999e',
    500: '#e16c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16c78;
$custom-light: #ef999e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.846,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67295,
    "c": 0.14594,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16C78

secondary

#C1E8E4

accent

#CEBB18

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#170E0E

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16C78

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

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