#E16E5B#E16E5B

#E16E5B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.147 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E5B
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 91)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(9, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 59.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, 43.22, 31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 53.53, 36.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67% 0.1264 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.147 31)
XYZ	xyz(38.5188, 27.9192, 13.2560)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E5B #5BCEE1

analogous

#E15B8B #E16E5B #E1B15B

triadic

#E16E5B #5BE16E #6E5BE1

tetradic

#E16E5B #8BE15B #5BCEE1 #B15BE1

square

#E16E5B #8BE15B #5BCEE1 #B15BE1

split-complementary

#E16E5B #5BE1B1 #5B8BE1

monochromatic

#A4311E #D74027 #E16E5B #EA9C8F #F4C9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#E16E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#E16E5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E5B

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E5B	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)

#8B8159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.147 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09a89',
    500: '#e16e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e5b;
$custom-light: #f09a89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.507,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66999,
    "c": 0.14736,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.27915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E5B

secondary

#B3DEE5

accent

#B6D114

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E5B

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

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