#E16E72#E16E72

#E16E72 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.144 H 19.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E72
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 114)
HSL	hsl(358, 66%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(358, 51%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 49.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, 45.08, 19.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 48.95, 22.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% 0.1353 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.144 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6674, 28.3786, 19.3050)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E72 #6EE1DD

analogous

#E16EAB #E16E72 #E1A36E

triadic

#E16E72 #72E16E #6E72E1

tetradic

#E16E72 #ABE16E #6EE1DD #A36EE1

square

#E16E72 #ABE16E #6EE1DD #A36EE1

split-complementary

#E16E72 #6EE1A3 #6EABE1

monochromatic

#B02429 #D73B41 #E16E72 #EBA1A3 #F6D3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#E16E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#E16E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E72

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E72	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F45E70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.144 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9a9a',
    500: '#e16e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e72;
$custom-light: #ef9a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.913,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67447,
    "c": 0.14352,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E72

secondary

#C2E9E7

accent

#CEC718

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#170E0E

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E72

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

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