#E16E59#E16E59

#E16E59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.148 H 31.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E59
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 89)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(9, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, 43.08, 32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 54.07, 37.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% 0.1256 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.148 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4337, 27.8852, 12.8077)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E59 #59CCE1

analogous

#E15988 #E16E59 #E1B259

triadic

#E16E59 #59E16E #6E59E1

tetradic

#E16E59 #88E159 #59CCE1 #B259E1

square

#E16E59 #88E159 #59CCE1 #B259E1

split-complementary

#E16E59 #59E1B2 #5988E1

monochromatic

#A2321D #D64227 #E16E59 #EA9B8D #F4C9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#E16E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#E16E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E59

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E59	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.148 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09a88',
    500: '#e16e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e59;
$custom-light: #f09a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.265,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66966,
    "c": 0.14788,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E59

secondary

#B2DCE4

accent

#B4D114

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E59

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

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