#E16D62#E16D62

#E16D62 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.147 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16D62
RGB	rgb(225, 109, 98)
HSL	hsl(5, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(5, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, 44.23, 27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 52.11, 31.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% 0.1306 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.147 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7277, 27.8311, 14.8854)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16D62 #62D6E1

analogous

#E16296 #E16D62 #E1AC62

triadic

#E16D62 #62E16D #6D62E1

tetradic

#E16D62 #96E162 #62D6E1 #AC62E1

square

#E16D62 #96E162 #62D6E1 #AC62E1

split-complementary

#E16D62 #62E1AC #6296E1

monochromatic

#A82C20 #D73D2F #E16D62 #EB9D95 #F5CDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#E16D62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#E16D62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16D62

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16D62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16D62	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16d62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 109, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.147 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09a8e',
    500: '#e16d62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16d62;
$custom-light: #f09a8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16d62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.197,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66976,
    "c": 0.14683,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16D62

secondary

#B9E2E6

accent

#C0D016

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16D62

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

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