#E16D79#E16D79

#E16D79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.145 H 15.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16D79
RGB	rgb(225, 109, 121)
HSL	hsl(354, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(354, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 46.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, 46.23, 14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 48.60, 17.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% 0.1395 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.145 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9739, 28.3296, 21.4485)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16D79 #6DE1D5

analogous

#E16DB3 #E16D79 #E19B6D

triadic

#E16D79 #79E16D #6D79E1

tetradic

#E16D79 #B3E16D #6DE1D5 #9B6DE1

square

#E16D79 #B3E16D #6DE1D5 #9B6DE1

split-complementary

#E16D79 #6DE19B #6DB3E1

monochromatic

#B02432 #D73A4A #E16D79 #EBA0A8 #F6D3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#E16D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#E16D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16D79

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16D79	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858379

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F35E72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 109, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.145 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9a9f',
    500: '#e16d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16d79;
$custom-light: #ef9a9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.793,
    "s": 65.909,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67462,
    "c": 0.14466,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16D79

secondary

#C1E8E4

accent

#CEBB18

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#170E0E

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16D79

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

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