#E16D5E#E16D5E

#E16D5E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.148 H 29.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16D5E
RGB	rgb(225, 109, 94)
HSL	hsl(7, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(7, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 58.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 43.93, 29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 53.04, 34.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% 0.129 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.148 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5435, 27.7575, 13.9155)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16D5E #5ED2E1

analogous

#E15E91 #E16D5E #E1AE5E

triadic

#E16D5E #5EE16D #6D5EE1

tetradic

#E16D5E #91E15E #5ED2E1 #AE5EE1

square

#E16D5E #91E15E #5ED2E1 #AE5EE1

split-complementary

#E16D5E #5EE1AE #5E91E1

monochromatic

#A62E1F #D73E2A #E16D5E #EB9C92 #F4CBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#E16D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#E16D5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16D5E

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16D5E	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)

#8A805C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5596A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 109, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.148 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0998c',
    500: '#e16d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16d5e;
$custom-light: #f0998c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.87,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66903,
    "c": 0.14768,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16D5E

secondary

#B6E0E5

accent

#BBD115

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16D5E

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

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