#E16E5C#E16E5C

#E16E5C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.147 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E5C
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 92)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(8, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 59.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, 43.29, 31.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 53.28, 35.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% 0.1267 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.147 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5622, 27.9366, 13.4847)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E5C #5CCFE1

analogous

#E15C8D #E16E5C #E1B05C

triadic

#E16E5C #5CE16E #6E5CE1

tetradic

#E16E5C #8DE15C #5CCFE1 #B05CE1

square

#E16E5C #8DE15C #5CCFE1 #B05CE1

split-complementary

#E16E5C #5CE1B0 #5C8DE1

monochromatic

#A4301E #D74028 #E16E5C #EB9C90 #F4CAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#E16E5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#E16E5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E5C

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E5C	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B815A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7995A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.147 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09a8a',
    500: '#e16e5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e5c;
$custom-light: #f09a8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.12,
    "s": 68.912,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67016,
    "c": 0.14711,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E5C

secondary

#B4DEE5

accent

#B7D115

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E5C

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

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