#E16D5D#E16D5D

#E16D5D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.148 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16D5D
RGB	rgb(225, 109, 93)
HSL	hsl(7, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(7, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 58.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, 43.86, 30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 53.29, 34.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% 0.1286 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.148 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4990, 27.7396, 13.6807)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16D5D #5DD1E1

analogous

#E15D8F #E16D5D #E1AF5D

triadic

#E16D5D #5DE16D #6D5DE1

tetradic

#E16D5D #8FE15D #5DD1E1 #AF5DE1

square

#E16D5D #8FE15D #5DD1E1 #AF5DE1

split-complementary

#E16D5D #5DE1AF #5D8FE1

monochromatic

#A52F1F #D73E29 #E16D5D #EB9C91 #F4CAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#E16D5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#E16D5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16D5D

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16D5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16D5D	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A805B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16d5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 109, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.148 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0998b',
    500: '#e16d5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16d5d;
$custom-light: #f0998b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16d5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.273,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66885,
    "c": 0.14791,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16D5D

secondary

#B5DFE5

accent

#BAD115

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16D5D

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

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