#E16E65#E16E65

#E16E65 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.145 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E65
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 101)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(4, 55%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 55.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, 43.97, 26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 51.17, 30.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% 0.1302 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.145 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9793, 28.1034, 15.6812)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E65 #65D8E1

analogous

#E1659A #E16E65 #E1AC65

triadic

#E16E65 #65E16E #6E65E1

tetradic

#E16E65 #9AE165 #65D8E1 #AC65E1

square

#E16E65 #9AE165 #65D8E1 #AC65E1

split-complementary

#E16E65 #65E1AC #659AE1

monochromatic

#AA2B21 #D73E32 #E16E65 #EB9E98 #F5CECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#E16E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#E16E65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E65

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E65	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898264

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69A63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F55B6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.145 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9a91',
    500: '#e16e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e65;
$custom-light: #ef9a91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.355,
    "s": 67.391,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67179,
    "c": 0.14514,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E65

secondary

#BBE3E7

accent

#C2CF16

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#170E0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E65

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

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