#E16E63#E16E63

#E16E63 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.146 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E63
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 99)
HSL	hsl(5, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(5, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 56%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, 43.81, 27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 51.60, 31.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% 0.1294 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.146 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8825, 28.0647, 15.1714)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E63 #63D6E1

analogous

#E16397 #E16E63 #E1AD63

triadic

#E16E63 #63E16E #6E63E1

tetradic

#E16E63 #97E163 #63D6E1 #AD63E1

square

#E16E63 #97E163 #63D6E1 #AD63E1

split-complementary

#E16E63 #63E1AD #6397E1

monochromatic

#A92C21 #D73E30 #E16E63 #EB9E96 #F5CDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#E16E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#E16E63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E63

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E63	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)

#8A8161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69A61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55B6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.146 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09a8f',
    500: '#e16e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e63;
$custom-light: #f09a8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.238,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67141,
    "c": 0.14552,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E63

secondary

#BAE2E6

accent

#BFD016

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#170E0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E63

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

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