#E16D5A#E16D5A

#E16D5A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.149 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16D5A
RGB	rgb(225, 109, 90)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(8, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 60%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, 43.64, 31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 54.05, 36.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% 0.1275 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.149 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3687, 27.6875, 12.9946)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16D5A #5ACEE1

analogous

#E15A8B #E16D5A #E1B05A

triadic

#E16D5A #5AE16D #6D5AE1

tetradic

#E16D5A #8BE15A #5ACEE1 #B05AE1

square

#E16D5A #8BE15A #5ACEE1 #B05AE1

split-complementary

#E16D5A #5AE1B0 #5A8BE1

monochromatic

#A3301E #D74027 #E16D5A #EA9B8E #F4C9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#E16D5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#E16D5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16D5A

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16D5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16D5A	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16d5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 109, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.149 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09989',
    500: '#e16d5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16d5a;
$custom-light: #f09989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16d5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.444,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66834,
    "c": 0.14865,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16D5A

secondary

#B2DDE4

accent

#B7D114

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16D5A

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

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