#E16D72#E16D72

#E16D72 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.145 H 19.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16D72
RGB	rgb(225, 109, 114)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(357, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 49.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, 45.57, 18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 49.30, 22.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% 0.1368 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.145 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5601, 28.1641, 19.2692)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16D72 #6DE1DC

analogous

#E16DAC #E16D72 #E1A26D

triadic

#E16D72 #72E16D #6D72E1

tetradic

#E16D72 #ACE16D #6DE1DC #A26DE1

square

#E16D72 #ACE16D #6DE1DC #A26DE1

split-complementary

#E16D72 #6DE1A2 #6DACE1

monochromatic

#B0242A #D73A41 #E16D72 #EBA0A3 #F6D3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#E16D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#E16D72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16D72

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16D72	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F45C6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 109, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.145 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9a9a',
    500: '#e16d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16d72;
$custom-light: #ef9a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.414,
    "s": 65.909,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67301,
    "c": 0.14477,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16D72

secondary

#C1E8E7

accent

#CEC618

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#170E0E

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16D72

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

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