#E16E79#E16E79

#E16E79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.143 H 15.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E79
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 121)
HSL	hsl(354, 66%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(354, 51%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 46.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, 45.74, 15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 48.21, 18.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% 0.138 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.143 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0811, 28.5442, 21.4842)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E79 #6EE1D6

analogous

#E16EB2 #E16E79 #E19C6E

triadic

#E16E79 #79E16E #6E79E1

tetradic

#E16E79 #B2E16E #6EE1D6 #9C6EE1

square

#E16E79 #B2E16E #6EE1D6 #9C6EE1

split-complementary

#E16E79 #6EE19C #6EB2E1

monochromatic

#B02432 #D73B4A #E16E79 #EBA1A8 #F6D3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#E16E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#E16E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E79

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E79	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868379

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F35F72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.143 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9a9f',
    500: '#e16e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e79;
$custom-light: #ef9a9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.261,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67608,
    "c": 0.14335,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E79

secondary

#C2E9E5

accent

#CEBC18

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#170E0E

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E79

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

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