#E16D5F#E16D5F

#E16D5F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.147 H 28.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16D5F
RGB	rgb(225, 109, 95)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(6, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 57.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, 44.00, 29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 52.80, 33.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% 0.1294 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.147 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5887, 27.7755, 14.1533)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16D5F #5FD3E1

analogous

#E15F92 #E16D5F #E1AE5F

triadic

#E16D5F #5FE16D #6D5FE1

tetradic

#E16D5F #92E15F #5FD3E1 #AE5FE1

square

#E16D5F #92E15F #5FD3E1 #AE5FE1

split-complementary

#E16D5F #5FE1AE #5F92E1

monochromatic

#A62E1F #D73E2B #E16D5F #EB9C93 #F4CBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#E16D5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#E16D5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16D5F

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16D5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16D5F	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	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)

#8A815D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5596A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16d5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 109, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.147 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0998c',
    500: '#e16d5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16d5f;
$custom-light: #f0998c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16d5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.462,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66921,
    "c": 0.14745,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16D5F

secondary

#B6E0E5

accent

#BCD015

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16D5F

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

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