#E16E62#E16E62

#E16E62 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.146 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E62
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 98)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(6, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, 43.74, 27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 51.82, 32.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% 0.129 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.146 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8350, 28.0457, 14.9211)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E62 #62D5E1

analogous

#E16295 #E16E62 #E1AD62

triadic

#E16E62 #62E16E #6E62E1

tetradic

#E16E62 #95E162 #62D5E1 #AD62E1

square

#E16E62 #95E162 #62D5E1 #AD62E1

split-complementary

#E16E62 #62E1AD #6295E1

monochromatic

#A82D20 #D73F2F #E16E62 #EB9D95 #F5CDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#E16E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#E16E62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E62

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E62	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69A60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55B6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.146 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09a8e',
    500: '#e16e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e62;
$custom-light: #f09a8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.669,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67123,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E62

secondary

#B9E2E6

accent

#BED016

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E62

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

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