#E16D73#E16D73

#E16D73 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.145 H 18.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16D73
RGB	rgb(225, 109, 115)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(357, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 48.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, 45.66, 18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 49.18, 21.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% 0.1372 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.145 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.6173, 28.1870, 19.5706)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16D73 #6DE1DB

analogous

#E16DAD #E16D73 #E1A16D

triadic

#E16D73 #73E16D #6D73E1

tetradic

#E16D73 #ADE16D #6DE1DB #A16DE1

square

#E16D73 #ADE16D #6DE1DB #A16DE1

split-complementary

#E16D73 #6DE1A1 #6DADE1

monochromatic

#B0242B #D73A42 #E16D73 #EBA0A4 #F6D3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#E16D73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#E16D73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16D73

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16D73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16D73	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49A71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F45D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16d73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 109, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.145 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9a9b',
    500: '#e16d73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16d73;
$custom-light: #ef9a9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16d73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.897,
    "s": 65.909,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67324,
    "c": 0.14472,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16D73

secondary

#C1E8E6

accent

#CEC418

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#170E0E

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16D73

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

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