#E16E61#E16E61

#E16E61 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.146 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E61
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 97)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(6, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, 43.66, 28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 52.05, 32.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.1286 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.146 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7881, 28.0269, 14.6740)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E61 #61D4E1

analogous

#E16194 #E16E61 #E1AE61

triadic

#E16E61 #61E16E #6E61E1

tetradic

#E16E61 #94E161 #61D4E1 #AE61E1

square

#E16E61 #94E161 #61D4E1 #AE61E1

split-complementary

#E16E61 #61E1AE #6194E1

monochromatic

#A82E20 #D73F2E #E16E61 #EB9D94 #F5CCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#E16E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#E16E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E61

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E61	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)

#8A815F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69A5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55B6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.146 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09a8e',
    500: '#e16e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e61;
$custom-light: #f09a8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.094,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67105,
    "c": 0.14594,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E61

secondary

#B8E1E6

accent

#BDD015

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E61

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

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