#E16E69#E16E69

#E16E69 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.144 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E69
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 105)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(3, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 53.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, 44.30, 23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 50.37, 28.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% 0.1318 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.144 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1801, 28.1837, 16.7386)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E69 #69DCE1

analogous

#E169A0 #E16E69 #E1AA69

triadic

#E16E69 #69E16E #6E69E1

tetradic

#E16E69 #A0E169 #69DCE1 #AA69E1

square

#E16E69 #A0E169 #69DCE1 #AA69E1

split-complementary

#E16E69 #69E1AA #69A0E1

monochromatic

#AD2823 #D73D36 #E16E69 #EB9F9C #F5D1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#E16E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#E16E69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E69

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E69	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898268

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59A67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F45C6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.144 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9a94',
    500: '#e16e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e69;
$custom-light: #ef9a94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67258,
    "c": 0.14447,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E69

secondary

#BEE6E7

accent

#C7CF17

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F1

border

#D7CCCB

text

#170E0D

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E69

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

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