#E16E60#E16E60

#E16E60 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.146 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E60
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 96)
HSL	hsl(7, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(7, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 57.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, 43.58, 28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 52.29, 33.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% 0.1283 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.146 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7417, 28.0084, 14.4300)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E60 #60D3E1

analogous

#E16092 #E16E60 #E1AF60

triadic

#E16E60 #60E16E #6E60E1

tetradic

#E16E60 #92E160 #60D3E1 #AF60E1

square

#E16E60 #92E160 #60D3E1 #AF60E1

split-complementary

#E16E60 #60E1AF #6092E1

monochromatic

#A72E20 #D73F2D #E16E60 #EB9D93 #F4CCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#E16E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#E16E60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E60

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E60	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A815E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.146 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09a8d',
    500: '#e16e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e60;
$custom-light: #f09a8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.512,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67086,
    "c": 0.14616,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E60

secondary

#B7E1E6

accent

#BCD015

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E60

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

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