#E16E6D#E16E6D

#E16E6D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.144 H 22.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E6D
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 109)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(1, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 51.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, 44.63, 21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 49.68, 26.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% 0.1333 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.144 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3905, 28.2679, 17.8469)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E6D #6DE0E1

analogous

#E16DA6 #E16E6D #E1A86D

triadic

#E16E6D #6DE16E #6E6DE1

tetradic

#E16E6D #A6E16D #6DE0E1 #A86DE1

square

#E16E6D #A6E16D #6DE0E1 #A86DE1

split-complementary

#E16E6D #6DE1A8 #6DA6E1

monochromatic

#B02524 #D73C3A #E16E6D #EBA0A0 #F6D3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#E16E6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#E16E6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E6D

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E6D	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88826C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F45D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.144 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9a96',
    500: '#e16e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e6d;
$custom-light: #ef9a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.517,
    "s": 65.909,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6734,
    "c": 0.14395,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E6D

secondary

#C1E8E8

accent

#CCCE18

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#170E0D

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E6D

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

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